Nematode community dynamics over an annual production cycle in the central North Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-519

  Schratzberger, M ^a   Forster, R M ^a   Goodsir, F ^a   Jennings, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Food quality; Food quantity; Nematodes; North Sea; Taxonomic and functional community composition

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ALGAE CONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECAY (ORGANIC); DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIFE CYCLE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD QUANTITY; NEMATODES; NORTH SEA; TAXONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION;

STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL CYCLE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NEMATODE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FOOD QUALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEMATODA; NORTH SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

NEMATODA; SPILOPHORELLA PARADOXA;

EID: 55049104167     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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