Marine meiobenthic and nematode community structure in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong upon recovery from sewage pollution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Liu, Xiao Shou ^a,b   Xu, Wen Zhe ^a   Cheung, Siu Gin ^a   Shin, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Free living nematodes; Hong Kong; Meiofauna; Recovery; Sediment; Sewage pollution

Indexed keywords

FREE-LIVING NEMATODES; HARPACTICOID COPEPODS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HONG-KONG; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; SAMPLING TIME; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TIME POINTS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HARBOR; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPEPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; NEMATODE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; NEMATODA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE;

CHINA; HONG KONG; HONG KONG ISLAND; VICTORIA HARBOUR;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA;

EID: 79960342184     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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