Spatial variation in meiofaunal abundance of some coralline beaches of Mauritius

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Ingole, B S ^a   Ansari, Z A ^a   Parulekar, A H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Coralline beaches; Foraminifera; Harpacticoids; Mauritius; Meiofaunal abundance; Nematodes; Oligochaets; Ostracodes; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DENSITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MAURITIUS;

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; MEIOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

MAURITIUS;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0032311171     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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