Heterotrophic Protists Associated with Sea Ice

Sea Ice: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 327-356

  Caron, David A ^a   Gast, Rebecca J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AMERIEZ program (Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research in the Ice Edge Zone); Amoeboid protozoan species, collection of phylogenetically diverse taxa; Biogeochemical processes and rates; Ciliated protozoa protozoan assemblages colonizing sea ice; Ecology and biogeochemistry of sea ice protozoa; Heterotrophic protists associated with sea ice; Processes giving rise to sea ice protozoan assemblages; Sea ice protists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887256068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317145.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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