Meiofaunal colonization of artificial substrates in an estuarine embayment

Marine Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-83

  Atilla, Nazan ^a   Fleeger, John W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Copepods; Hard substrates; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COLONIZATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 0034123196     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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