Seasonal analysis of protistan community structure and diversity at the USC microbial observatory (San Pedro Channel, North Pacific Ocean)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2381-2396

  Countway, Peter D ^a,b   Vigil, Patrick D ^b,c   Schnetzer, Astrid ^b   Moorthi, Stefanie D ^b,d   Caron, David A ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bigelow laboratory for ocean sciences; Maine; West boothbay harbor

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTIST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

CALIFORNIA; MAINE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SAN PEDRO CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHAREA; ALVEOLATA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; OTUS; PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 78649618453     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2381     Document Type: Article

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