The role of sediment type on the vertical distribution of meiofauna at two Galician rias (NW Iberian Peninsula)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-263

  Veiga, Puri ^a   Besteiro, Celia ^a,b   Rubal, Marcos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Estación de Bioloxía Marina da Graña EBMGJ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ibeiian peninsula; Inteitidal Galician this; Meiofauna; Sampling depth; Sediment gmin size; Veitical distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; OSTRACOD; RIA; SAND; TAXONOMY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

COPEPODA; GASTROTRICHA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 78649372851     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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