Colonization of exclosures in a costa Rican stream: Effects of macrobenthos on meiobenthos and the nematode community

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 531-541

  Duft, Martina ^a   Fittkau, Katharina ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^b   Fittkau, Sepp ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; NEMATODE; STREAM;

COSTA RICA;

ALGAE; DORYLAIMUS; EUMONHYSTERA; GASTROPODA; MESODORYLAIMUS; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PLECTUS; RHABDOLAIMUS;

EID: 0036915003     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2002.9663931     Document Type: Article

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