Ciliate community structure, diversity and trophic role in offshore sediments from the Yellow Sea

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-84

  Meng, Zhaocui ^a,b   Xu, Kuidong ^a   Dai, Renhai ^a,b   Lei, Yanli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Ciliates; Diversity; Sediments; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT;

BIOMASS; BIOTA; CILIOPHORA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROSTOMATEA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84856732549     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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