Meiofauna and nematode diversity in some Mediterranean subtidal areas of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-13

  de Leonardis, Cristiana ^a   Sandulli, Roberto ^a   Vanaverbeke, Jan ^b   Vincx, Magda ^b   De Zio, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community structure; Mediterranean Sea; Meiobenthos; Nematodes; Subtidal area

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; DOMINANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASTOMONEMA; COPEPODA; DAPTONEMA; DORYLAIMOPSIS; NEMATODA; SABATIERIA; TERSCHELLINGIA;

EID: 42249106074     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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