Ecology and biogeography of free-living nematodes associated with chemosynthetic environments in the deep sea: A review

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Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Vanreusel, Ann ^a   de Groote, Annelies ^a   Gollner, Sabine ^b   Bright, Monika ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; HABITAT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHY; NEMATODA; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 77957892886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012449     Document Type: Article

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