A user‐friendly guide to the ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) commonly used by hydrobiologists as bioindicators in rivers, lakes, and waste waters, with notes on their ecology

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  Freshwater Biology

• Publication date

  1996-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2427.1996.TB01775.X
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