Free-living nematodes and macrobenthos in a high-latitude glacial fjord

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 284-296

  Somerfield, P J ^a   Cochrane, S J ^b   Dahle, S ^b   Pearson, T H ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Disturbance; Gradients; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Monitoring; Nematodes; Sampling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FJORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; SAMPLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

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

NEMATODA;

EID: 32944467852     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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