Niche segregation and habitat specialisation of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 345-355

  De Troch, M ^a   Fiers, F ^b   Vincx, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

GAZI BAY; KENYA;

APODOPSYLLUS AFRICANUS; CANUELLIDAE; CLETODIDAE; COPEPODA; DIOSACCIDAE; ECTINOSOMATIDAE; HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA STIPULACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; LAOPHONTIDAE; PARAMESOCHRIDAE; SYRINGODIUM; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; THALESTRIDAE;

EID: 0037795795     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0958-7     Document Type: Article

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