Composition and distribution of meiofauna, including nematode genera, in two contrasting Arctic beaches

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 447-457

  Urban Malinga, Barbara ^a,e   Kotwicki, Lech ^a   Gheskiere, Tom L A ^b   Jankowska, Katarzyna ^c   Opaliñski, Krzysztof ^a   Malinga, Michał ^d  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 3843083761     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0618-0     Document Type: Article

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