Intertidal meiofauna of a high-latitude glacial Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard) with emphasis on the structure of free-living nematode communities

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 940-950

  Urban Malinga, Barbara ^a   Wiktor, Jozef ^a   Jabłońska, Aleksandra ^b   Moens, Tom ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FJORD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ONCHOLAIMUS; THERISTUS; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 28244441335     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-005-0022-4     Document Type: Article

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