Temporal dynamics of meiofauna communities in two small submountain carbonate streams with different grain size

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 498, Issue , 2003, Pages 107-131

  Beier, Stefanie ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Feeding types; Lotic meiofauna; Nematodes; Oligochaetes; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS; SURFACES; WATER;

STREAMBED SURFACES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CHAETOGASTER; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORYNONEURA; DIPLOGASTERIDAE; DIPTERA; MONHYSTERIDAE; NAIDIDAE; NAIS ELINGUIS; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA; RHABDITIDAE; ROTIFERA; TUBIFICIDAE; TYLENCHIDAE;

EID: 0345447678     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026258607551     Document Type: Article

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