Highly diverse and seasonally dynamic protist community in a pristine peat bog

Protist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-32

  Lara, Enrique ^a,b,c,d   Mitchell, Edward A D ^b,c   Moreira, David ^a   López García, Purificación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Biology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chrysophytes; Environmental diversity; New phyla; Seasonal patterns.; Sphagnum dominated peatland; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); ARCELLINIDA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUGLYPHIDA; EUKARYOTA; PERKINSIDA; PROTISTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 78650420404     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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