The distribution of meiofauna on back-reef sandy platforms in the Maldives (Indian Ocean)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 592-607

  Semprucci, Federica ^a   Colantoni, Paolo ^a   Baldelli, Giuseppe ^a   Rocchi, Marco ^a   Balsamo, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back reef platforms; Free living nematodes; Maldives; Meiofauna; Sediment grain size

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NEW RECORD; REEF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MALDIVES;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 78049260065     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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