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Latitudinal pattern of abundance and composition of ciliate communities in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean Cover

Latitudinal pattern of abundance and composition of ciliate communities in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
Volume 43 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
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|Jan 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0161-8 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
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Keywords:
open-ocean waters,
microzooplankton,
aloricate ciliates,
tintinnids,
Mesodinium rubrum
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