Laboratory experiments on the infaunal activity of intertidal nematodes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 540, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 217-223

  Steyaert, M ^a   Moodley, L ^b   Vanaverbeke, J ^a   Vandewiele, S ^b   Vincx, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estuarine sediments; Experiment; Nematodes; Oxygen; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOCHEMISTRY; MANIPULATORS; OXYGEN; OXYGENATORS; SEDIMENTS;

INFAUNAL ACTIVITY; NEMATODES; OXYGENATION; SHORT TERM ANOXIA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

NEMATODE; OXYGEN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEMATODA;

EID: 21144452460     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7145-4     Document Type: Article

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