Distribution patterns of meiofauna associated with a sublittoral Laminaria bed in the Cantabrian Sea (north-eastern Atlantic)

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-242

  Arroyo, N L ^a,c   Maldonado, M ^b   Perez Portela R ^a   Benito, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; KELP FOREST; MEIOFAUNA; MICROHABITAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ACARI; ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA OCHROLEUCA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA; THORACICA;

EID: 1242299638     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1191-8     Document Type: Article

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