Analysis of meiobenthic community structure in relation to pollution and disturbance in Iraklion Harbour, Greece

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-24

  Lampadariou, N ^a   Austen, M C ^b   Robertson, N ^a   Vlachonis, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copepods; Harbour; Heavy metals; Mediterranean; Meiofauna; Nematodes; Pollution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HEAVY METAL; MEIOBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; POLLUTION EFFECTS; TRIBUTYLTIN;

GREECE, CRETE, IRAKLION HARBOUR;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030861572     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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