Life strategies in two bacterivorous marine nematodes: Preliminary results

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 509-518

  Moens, Tom ^a   Vierstraete, Andy ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feeding; Life strategies; Nematodes; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPLOLAIMELLOIDES MEYLI; MONHYSTERIDAE; NEMATODA; PELLIODITIS MARINA; RHABDITIDAE;

BACTERIVORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY; OVERALL STRATEGIES;

EID: 0030499247     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00524.x     Document Type: Article

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