Seasonal distribution of free-living nematodes in the Körsch, a coarse-grained submountain carbonate stream in southwest Germany

Nematology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-504

  Beier, Stefanie ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Community structure; E. pseudobulbosa sp.; Eumonhystera filiformis vulgaris; Feeding types; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; NEMATODE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; SECERNENTEA;

EID: 0346306244     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854103322683229     Document Type: Article

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