Structure and taxonomic composition of subtidal nematode and macrofauna assemblages at four stations around the UK coast

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-322

  Schratzberger, M ^a   Whomersley, P ^a   Kilbride, R ^a   Rees, H L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

NEMATODA;

EID: 1942502267     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009208h     Document Type: Article

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