The effect of sieve mesh size on the abundance and composition of macrophyte-associated macrofaunal assemblages

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 389, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Tanaka, Marcel Okamoto ^a   Leite, Fosca Pedini Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epifauna; Macrofauna; Sampling; Sargassum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRAZIL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; SIEVE;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MESH SIZE; SAMPLING;

SARGASSUM STENOPHYLLUM;

EID: 0032466571     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003589404593     Document Type: Article

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