Investigations of the Life Cycle of the Peritrich Ciliate Zoothamnium intermedium in Chesapeake Bay
Epibiosis is a common phenomenon in aquatic environments. The chitinous exoskeletons of crustaceans provide stable surfaces for attachment and growth of epibiotic microorganisms. Epibiont ciliate colonization on copepods is commonly recorded but has rarely been studied in Chesapeake Bay; also, littl...
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W&M ScholarWorks
2013
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617939 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3069&context=etd |