Role of copepod-dominated meiofauna in the nitrification process of a cold marine mesocosm

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1639-1648

  Parent, Serge ^a,b   Morin, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Biodome de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CANADA; COPEPOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXIDATION; PREDATION;

MEIOFAUNA; MESOCOSM; NITRIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0033304487     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-096     Document Type: Article

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