Benthic community patterns and the composition of feeding types and reproductive modes in freshwater nematodes

Nematology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-36

  Michiels, Iris C ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Alpine lakes; Biodiversity; Biomass; Sex ratio; Trophic composition; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GUILD STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 24144470519     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568541054192234     Document Type: Article

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