Effects of biological disturbance on diversity and structure of meiobenthic nematode communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 233-246

  Austen, Melanie C ^a   Widdicombe, Stephen ^a   Villano Pitacco, Nicoletta ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abra alba; Brissopsis lyrifera; Community structure; Disturbance; Diversity; Meiofauna; Nematode; Nuculoma tenuis; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; NEMATODE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

ABRA ALBA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; BRISSOPSIS LYRIFERA; ECHINOIDEA; ENNUCULA TENUIS; NEMATODA; NUCULOMA; NUCULOMA TENUIS;

EID: 0032569949     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174233     Document Type: Article

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