Case studies using nematode assemblage analysis in aquatic habitats

Nematodes as Environmental Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 146-171

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Gambi, Cristina ^a   Höss, Sebastian ^b   Mirto, Simone ^c   Traunspurger, Walter ^d   Zullini, Aldo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Ecossa   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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