Resource availability and meiofauna in sediment of tropical seagrass beds: Local versus global trends

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-73

  De Troch, Marleen ^a   Van Gansbeke, Dirk ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Meiofauna; Resources; Seagrass; Sediments; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS;

MEIOFAUNA; SEAGRASS;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEIOFAUNA; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOOD TIDE; KENYA; MEIOFAUNA; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; SAMPLE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ALISMATIDAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEXICO; PHILIPPINES; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; KENYA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 28544450484     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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