Distribution and abundance of meiofauna in a subtropical coastal lagoon in the southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 582-587

  Gomez Noguera S E ^a,b   Hendrickx, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abundance; Coastal lagoon; Distribution; Meiofauna; Mexico; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON CONTENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAGOONS; MEIOBENTHOS; NITROGEN CONTENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COPEPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAGOON; MEXICO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TROPICS; WATER FLOW;

ENSENADA DEL PABELLON; MEXICO; SINALOA;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0342547208     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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