Effect of anoxic stress on density and distribution of sediment meiofauna

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-215

  Travizi, Ana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anoxic event; Copepoda; Meiofauna; Nematoda; Oxygen deficiency; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

ANOXIA; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPEPOD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVER; EASTERN EUROPE; ECOSYSTEM; HYPOXIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033869061     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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