Across shore variability and trophodynamic features of meiofauna in a microtidal beach of the NW Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 357-367

  Moreno, M ^a   Ferrero, T J ^b   Granelli, V ^a   Marin, V ^a   Albertelli, G ^a   Fabiano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Beach ecology; Meiobenthos; Nematode; Organic matter; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACH; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THORACOSTOMOPSIDAE; XYALIDAE;

EID: 30144436615     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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