Species richness of the genus molgolaimus (Nematoda) from local to ocean scale along continental slopes

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 446-459

  Fonseca, Gustavo ^a,b   Muthumbi, Agnes W ^c   Vanreusel, Ann ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning; Biogeography; Ocean floor; Southern Ocean; Turnover of species; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COEXISTENCE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NEMATODE; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

MOLGOLAIMUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 36549050877     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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