Nematode diversity in the Gulf of Maine, USA, and a Web-accessible, relational database

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1159-1167

  Abebe, Eyualem ^a   Grizzle, Raymond E ^a   Hope, Duane ^b   Thomas, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NEMATODE; OPEN OCEAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

COMESOMATIDAE; SABATIERIA; SETOSABATIERIA;

EID: 10644224522     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010604h     Document Type: Article

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