Taxonomic distinctness and environmental assessment

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 532-543

  Warwick, R M ^a   Clarke, K R ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Britain; Chile; Environmental degradation; Marine nematodes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0032442402     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.3540532.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Austen, M.C. & Warwick, R.M. (1989) Comparison of univariate and multivariate aspects of estuarine meiobenthic community structure. Estuarinc, Coastal and Shelf Science, 29, 23-42.
2. Bray, J.R. & Curtis, J.T. (1957) An ordination of the upland forest communities of Southern Wisconsin. Ecological Monographs, 27, 325-349.
3. Kruskal, J.P. & Wish, M. (1978) Multidimensionalpl Scaling. Sage Publications, Beverley Hills, CA.
4. Lambshead, P.J.D. (1986) Sub-catastrophic sewage and industrial waste contamination as revealed by marine nematode faunal analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 29, 247-260.
5. Lorenzen, S. (1981) Entwurf eines phylogenetischen Systems de freilebenden Nematoden. Veröffentlichungen Des Instituts für Mecresforschung in Bremerhaven, 7 (Suppl.), 1-449.
6. Lorenzen, S. (1994) The Phylogenetic Systematics of Free-living Nematodes. Ray Society, London, UK.
7. Moens, T. & Vinex, M. (1997) Observations on the feeding ecology of estuarine nematodes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 77, 211-227.
8. Platt, H.M. & Warwick, R.M. (1980) The significance of free-living nematodes to the littoral ecosystem. The Shore Environment, Vol. 2. Ecosystems (eds D.E.G Irvine & W.F. Farnham), pp. 729-759. Academic Press, Cambridge, UK.
9. Platt, H.M. & Warwick, R.M. (1983) Freeliving Marine Nematodes. I. British Enoplids. Synopses of the British Fauna no. 28. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
10. Platt, H.M. & Warwick, R.M. (1988) Freeliving Marine Nematodes. II. British Chromadorida. Synopses of the British Fauna no. 38. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands.
11. Somerfield, P.J., Gee, J.M. & Warwick, R.M. (1994a) Soft sediment meiofaunal community structure in relation to a long-term heavy metal gradient in the Fal estuary system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 105, 79-88.
12. Somerfield, P.J., Gee, J.M. & Warwick, R.M. (1994b) Benthic community structure in relation to an instantaneous discharge of waste water from a tin mine. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 28, 363-369.
13. Somerfield, P., Gee, J.M. & Widdicombe, S. (1993) The Use of Meiobenthos in Marine Pollution Monitoring Programmes. Miscellaneous Publication LIB-33A + LIB-33B. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK.
14. Somerfield, P.J., Rees, H.L. & Warwick, R.M. (1995) Inter-relationships in community structure between shallow-water marine meiofauna and macrofauna in relation to dredgings disposal. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 127, 103-112.
15. Warwick, R.M. (1971) Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 51, 439-454.
16. Warwick, R.M. & Buchanan, J.B. (1970) The meiofauna off the coast of Northumberland. I. The structure of the nematode population. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 50, 129-146.
17. Warwick, R.M. & Coles, J.W. (1977) The marine flora and fauna of the Isles of Scilly. Free-living Nematoda. Journal of Natural History, 11, 393-407.
18. Warwick, R.M., Platt, H.M. & Somerfield, P.J. (1998) Free-living Marine Nematodes. III. British Monhysterida. Synopses of the British Fauna no. 53. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury, UK.
19. Wieser, W. (1953a) Die Beziehung Mundhöhlengestalt, Ernärungsweise und Vorkommen bei freilebenden marinen Nematoden. Arkiv For Zoologi, 4, 439-484.
20. Wieser, W. (1953b) Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-49. 10. Free-living marine nematodes. I. Enoploidea. Acta Universitatis Lundensis, Series 2, 49(6), 1-155.