Nematode communities from the North Sea: Environmental controls on species diversity and vertical distribution within the sediment

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-264

  Steyaert, Maaike ^a   Garner, Nelia ^a   Van Gansbeke, Dirk ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA;

DAPTONEMA TENUISPICULUM; NEMATODA; SABATIERIA PUNCTATA;

EID: 0032943612     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000289     Document Type: Article

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