The importance of meiofauna to lotic ecosystem functioning

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 165-175

  Hakenkamp, Christine C ^a   Morin, Antoine ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem processes; Meiofauna; Streams

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA;

EID: 0034077722     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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