Mangroves and marine oligochaete diversity

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-202

  Erséus, Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecological function; Enchytraeidae; Mangrove sediments; Naididae; Oligochaeta; Species diversity; Tubificidae

Indexed keywords

MANGROVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; NAIDIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0036622852     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020171529063     Document Type: Article

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