Ciliates along oxyclines of permanently stratified marine water columns

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 434-445

  Edgcomb, Virginia P ^a   Pachiadaki, Maria ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Cariaco; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Framvaren and Mariager fjords; symbioses

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CILIATE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN; SYMBIOSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; DENMARK; FRAMVAREN FJORD; MARIAGER FJORD; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NORWAY; VEST AGDER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

SEA WATER;

CILIATE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CILIOPHORA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84903895022     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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