Phytal marine nematode assemblages and their relation with the macrophytes structural complexity in a Brazilian tropical rocky beach

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 219-230

  Da Rocha, C M C ^a   Venekey, V ^b   Bezerra, T N C ^b   Souza, J R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian coast; Nematoda; Phytal assemblage

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

BRAZILIAN COAST; NEMATODA; PHYTAL ASSEMBLAGE; SEAGRASS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BEACH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROPHYTE; NEMATODE;

BRAZIL; PEDRA DO XAREU; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; HYPNEA MUSCIFORMIS; NEMATODA; PADINA GYMNOSPORA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM POLYCERATIUM;

EID: 28444440266     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0923-9     Document Type: Article

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