The nematode community in cyanobacterial biofilms in the river Llobregat, Spain

Nematology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 909-919

  Gaudes, Ainhoa ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^b   Vilalta, Elisabet ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut d'Ecologia Aquatica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromadorita; Diplogaster; Nematoda; Oscillatoria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHROMADORITA; CHROMADORITA LEUCKARTI; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPLOGASTER; DIPLOGASTER RIVALIS; DORYLAIMUS; MONHYSTERA; MONONCHUS; NEMATODA; OSCILLATORIA; PLECTUS PARVUS;

EID: 34548016516     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854106779799169     Document Type: Article

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