A model of nematode dynamics in the Westerschelde Estuary

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-284

  Li, Jian ^a,c   Vincx, Magda ^a   Herman, Peter M J ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary ecosystems; Nematodes; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME DYNAMIC MODEL;

NETHERLANDS, WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0030296333     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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