Differential effects of various types of disturbances on the structure of nematode assemblages: An experimental approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 181, Issue , 1999, Pages 227-236

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

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst F Hydrobiologie F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological disturbance; Community structure; Diversity; Estuaries; Free living nematodes; Microcosm experiments; Organic enrichment; Physical disturbance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NEMATODE;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033580659     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps181227     Document Type: Article

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