The species-rich assemblages of tintinnids (marine planktonic protists) are structured by mouth size

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1237-1243

  Dolan, John R ^a   Landry, Michael R ^b   Ritchie, Mark E ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ciliate; Rare species; Species packing; Tintinnida

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ASSEMBLY RULE; CILIATE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GYRE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; PREY SIZE; PROTIST; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CILIOPHORA; ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON; SEAWATER;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 84878308983     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.23     Document Type: Article

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