An assessment of the spatial heterogeneity of environmental disturbance within an enclosed harbour through the analysis of meiofauna and nematode assemblages

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 565-576

  Moreno, M ^a   Ferrero, T J ^b   Gallizia, I ^a   Vezzulli, L ^a   Albertelli, G ^a   Fabiano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

harbours; meiofauna; nematodes; organic matter; sediment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HARBOR; HETEROGENEITY; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTICOMA; DAPTONEMA; DESMODORA; HALALAIMUS; KINORHYNCHA; NEMATODA; PARACOMESOMA; SABATIERIA; TANAIDAE; TERSCHELLINGIA;

EID: 41549117189     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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