Tidal flat nematode responses to hypoxia and subsequent macrofauna-mediated alterations of sediment properties

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 189-197

  Van Colen, C ^a   Montserrat, F ^b,c   Verbist, K ^a   Vincx, M ^a   Steyaert, M ^a   Vanaverbeke, J ^a   Herman, P M J ^b   Degraer, S ^a,d   Ysebaert, T ^b,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic community recovery; Hypoxia; Intertidal mudflat; Macrofauna meiofauna interactions; Sediment dynamics; The Netherlands; Westerschelde estuary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HYPOXIA; MACROBENTHOS; MORTALITY; MUDFLAT; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIDAL FLAT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

CHROMADORA; DAPTONEMA; NEMATODA; ODONTOPHORA; PTYCHOLAIMELLUS PONTICUS;

EID: 65649112068     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07914     Document Type: Article

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