Composition, diversity and distribution of microbenthos across the intertidal zones of Ryazhkov Island (the White Sea)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 500-515

  Azovsky, Andrey ^a   Saburova, Maria ^b   Tikhonenkov, Denis ^c   Khazanova, Ksenya ^a   Esaulov, Anton ^d   Mazei, Yuri ^d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^c PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^d PENZA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Diatoms; Diversity; Flagellates; Microbenthos; White Sea

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATES; CLASSIFICATION; DIATOM; DIVERSITY; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MICROBENTHOS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT; WHITE SEA;

CILIATES; DIATOMS; DIVERSITY; FLAGELLATES; MICROBENTHOS; WHITE SEA;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUKARYOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84884720091     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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