Vertical microzonation of ciliates in cryoconite holes in Ecology Glacier, King George Island

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-212

  Mieczan, Tomasz ^a   Górniak, Dorota ^b   Światecki, Aleksander ^b   Zdanowski, Marek ^c   Tarkowska Kukuryk, Monika ^a   Adamczuk, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Biodiversity; Cryoconite holes; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; GLACIER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

CILIOPHORA; CODONELLA; HALTERIA GRANDINELLA; HOLOSTICHA; PRORODON; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; STYLONYCHIA;

EID: 84878718727     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/popore-2013-0008     Document Type: Article

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