Exotopic protrusions and ellobiopsid infection in zooplanktonic copepods of a large, deep subalpine lake, Lago Maggiore, in northern Italy

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1257-1263

  Manca, Marina ^a   Carnovale, Antonio ^a   Alemani, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MORPHOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE; WORLD;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPS; CYCLOPS ABYSSORUM; DINOPHYCEAE; ELLOBIOPSIDAE; EUDIAPTOMUS PADANUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 9144237684     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh117     Document Type: Article

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