A field colonization experiment with meiofauna and seagrass mimics: Effect of time, distance and leaf surface area

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-86

  De Troch, M ^a   Vandepitte, L ^a   Raes, M ^a   Suarez Morales E ^b   Vincx, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MEIOFAUNA; MIMICRY; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

COPEPODA; HALOPHILA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; TEGASTIDAE; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 27744441794     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0062-x     Document Type: Article

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