The metazoan meiofauna in its biogeochemical environment: The case of an Antarctic coastal sediment

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-434

  Vanhove, S ^a,b   Lee, H J ^a   Beghyn, M ^a   Van Gansbeke, D ^c   Brockington, S ^b   Vincx, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MEIOFAUNA; SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTICA; FACTORY COVE; SIGNY ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; APONEMA; CHROMADORITA; DAPTONEMA; DIPLOLAIMELLA; METAZOA; MICROBIOTA; MICROLAIMUS; NEMATODA; NEOCHROMADORA;

EID: 0031860369     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400041539     Document Type: Article

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