Marine nematode associations from an intertidal estuarine biotope

Russian Journal of Nematology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Neilson, Roy ^a   Boag, Brian ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associations; Estuarine; Intertidal; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142214064     PISSN: 08696918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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