Ciliate distributions and forcing factors in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas (Antarctic)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-230

  Wickham, Stephen A ^a   Steinmair, Ulrike ^a   Kamennaya, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antarctic species abundance; Ciliate community

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA;

EID: 79956301400     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01468     Document Type: Article

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