Deep-sea nematodes actively colonise sediments, irrespective of the presence of a pulse of organic matter: Results from an in-situ experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Guilini, Katja ^a   Soltwedel, Thomas ^b   van Oevelen, Dick ^c   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANOPLOSTOMA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; MONHYSTRELLA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SABATIERIA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THALASSOMONHYSTERA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; STANDARD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEMATODA; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POPULATION DENSITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79955395088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018912     Document Type: Article

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