Changes in structural and functional diversity of nematode communities during a spring phytoplankton bloom in the southern North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-292

  Vanaverbeke, Jan ^a   Steyaert, Maaike ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^b   Rousseau, Véronique ^c   Van Gansbeke, Dirk ^a   Parent, Jean Yves ^c   Vincx, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Functional and structural diversity; Nematodes; North Sea

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NEMATODE; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 7944228881     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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