The nematode community of two Italian rivers (Taro and Ticino)

Nematology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-675

  Barbuto, Michela ^a   Zullini, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromadorina; Distinctness Index; Eumonhystera; Feeding types; Maturity Index

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUILD STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PARMA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TARO RIVER; TICINO RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMADORINA; CHROMADORINA BIOCULATA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; EUKARYOTA; EUMONHYSTERA; NEMATODA; PROTISTA;

EID: 29144456267     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 13885545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854105775142892     Document Type: Article

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