The planktonic protozoa belong to microzooplankton group, which comprise an essential group within the food chains of aquatic ecosystems. In the present work, diversity in planktonic protozoan is explored in the coastal waters of Qeshm Island. Samples

Extensive information on the short period of tintinnid community structure along the Mediterranean coastline is available. Contrarily, time-series data are scarce. In the framework of a monitoring program, the distribution, abundance and community structure

Deep-sequencing technologies are becoming nearly routine to describe microbial community composition in environmental samples. The 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) pyrosequencing has revealed a vast diversity of infrequent sequences, leading to the proposition