Effects of organic enrichment on nematode assemblages in a microcosm experiment

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 374-382

  Armenteros, Maickel ^a,b   Pérez García, José Andrés ^a   Ruiz Abierno, Alexei ^a   Díaz Asencio, Lisbet ^c   Helguera, Yusmila ^c   Vincx, Magda ^b   Decraemer, Wilfrida ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Community composition; Effects community; Hypoxia; Microcosm; Nematodes; Organic enrichment; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EFFECTS-COMMUNITY; HYPOXIA; MICROCOSM; NEMATODES; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; TROPICAL;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TROPICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYPOXIA; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HYPOXIA; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEMATODA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CIENFUEGOS; CIENFUEGOS BAY; CUBA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 77957779494     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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