Latitudinal biodiversity patterns of meiofauna from sandy littoral beaches

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 461-474

  Kotwicki, Lech ^a   Szymelfenig, Maria ^b   De Troch, Marleen ^c   Urban Malinga, Barbara ^a   Węsławski, Jan Marcin ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Latitudinal gradient; Meiofauna; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIODIVERSITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEIOFAUNA; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

NEMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 15244356998     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/10531-004-6272-6     Document Type: Article

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