Free-living marine nematodes of hard bottom substrates in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-84

  Gobin, Judith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CHROMADORIDAE; CYATHOLAIMIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 34547624185     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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