Functional diversity of nematode communities in the southwestern North Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-389

  Schratzberger, M ^a   Warr, K ^a   Rogers, S I ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological traits analysis; Community function; Free living nematodes; Meiofauna; North Sea

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL TRAITS ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY FUNCTION; FREE-LIVING NEMATODES; MEIOFAUNA;

BIODIVERSITY;

WATER;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEIOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENUS; LIFE HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUTH; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NORTH KOREA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOUTH; NEMATODA; NORTH SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 33847114744     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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