Ecology of Testate Amoebae in the Komořany Ponds in the Vltava Basin

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-130

  Burdíková, Zuzana ^a,b   Čapek, Martin ^a,c   Švindrych, Zdeněk ^a,b   Gryndler, Milan ^d   Kubínová, Lucie ^a   Holcová, Katarína ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POND; SEASON;

AMOEBA; BIODIVERSITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PONDS; SEASONS;

AMOEBA (GENUS); ARCELLA; CENTROPYXIS; DIFFLUGIA;

EID: 84862494209     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-0003-9     Document Type: Article

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