Meiobenthos in intermittently open/closed coastal lakes in New South Wales: Spatial and temporal patterns in densities of major taxa

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1055-1067

  Dye, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Invertebrates; Isolation; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL LAGOON; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27944479695     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05050     Document Type: Article

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