Effects of the intensity and frequency of organic enrichment on two estuarine nematode communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 164, Issue , 1998, Pages 83-94

  Schratzberger, Michaela ^a,b   Warwick, Richard M ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst F Hydrobiologie F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Environmental management; Estuaries; Microcosm experiment; Nematodes; Organic enrichment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032499157     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps164083     Document Type: Article

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