Meiofaunal communities in a Malaysian mangrove forest

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 717-732

  Somerfield, P J ^a   Gee, J M ^a   Aryuthaka, C ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; MEIOFAUNA; SEDIMENT;

MALAYSIA; SUNGAI MERBOK ESTUARY;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA;

EID: 0031662433     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400044738     Document Type: Article

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