Analysis of the small-scale spatial patterns of free-living marine nematodes from tidal flats in the East Frisian Wadden Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 717-726

  Blome, D ^a   Schleier, U ^b   Van Bernem, K H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Fachhochschule Wilhelmshaven   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WADDEN SEA;

METACHROMADORA SCOTLANDICA; METALINHOMOEUS TYPICUS; MICROLAIMUS CONOTHELIS; ODONTOPHORA RECTANGULA; ONCHOLAIMELLUS CALVADOSICUS; PARALINHOMOEUS ILENENSIS; VISCOSIA RUSTICA;

EID: 0032982039     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050513     Document Type: Article

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