Nematode communities of Lake Tana and other inland water bodies of Ethiopia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 462, Issue , 2001, Pages 41-73

  Abebe, Eyualem ^a,b   Mees, Jan ^c   Coomans, August ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Ethiopia; Freshwater nematodes; Nematode ecology; Rivers; Tropical lakes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

NEMATODE COMMUNITIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NEMATODE; ORDINATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ETHIOPIA;

INVERTEBRATA; MONHYSTRELLA; NEMATODA; TANA; UDONCHUS;

EID: 0035889078     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013176117586     Document Type: Article

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