Monitoring meiobenthos using cm-, m- and km-scales in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-278

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEMATODE; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; VARIANCE;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEIOBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; SAMPLING; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPATIAL SCALE;

NORTH SEA, SOUTHERN BIGHT;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0030889738     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(96)00089-X     Document Type: Article

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