Effects of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas) on benthic macrofauna and nematodes in an intertidal sandflat

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 29, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 131-138

  Zühlke, Ruth ^a   Blome, Dietrich ^b   Van Bernem, Karl Heinz ^c   Dittmann, Sabine ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Forschungszentrum Terramare   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arificial tube fields; Benthic macrofauna; Biogenic habitat structures; Lanice conchilega; Nematodes; Tube dwelling

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; TIDAL FLAT; TUBE DWELLER; ZOOBENTHOS;

WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; ETEONE LONGA; LANICE CONCHILEGA; MALMGRENIELLA LUNULATA; MYA ARENARIA; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0345211597     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043951     Document Type: Article

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