Horizontal and vertical distribution of meiofauna on sandy beaches of the North Sea (The Netherlands, Belgium, France)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-264

  Kotwicki, Lech ^a   De Troch, Marleen ^b   Urban Malinga, Barbara ^a   Gheskiere, Tom ^b   Weslawski, Jan Marcin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Meiofauna; North Sea; Sandy beach; Vertical and horizontal distribution

Indexed keywords

BEACH; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MEIOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 27844540322     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-005-0001-8     Document Type: Article

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