Response of biofilm-dwelling nematodes to habitat changes in the Garonne River, France: Influence of hydrodynamics and microalgal availability

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 673, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-244

  Majdi, Nabil ^a,b   Traunspurger, Walter ^c   Boyer, Stéphanie ^a,b   Mialet, Benoît ^a,b   Tackx, Michèle ^a,b   Fernandez, Robert ^a,b   Gehner, Stefanie ^c   Ten Hage, Loïc ^a,b   Buffan Dubau, Evelyne ^a,b  

^a Université de Toulouse   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Diversity; Environmental factors; Feeding types; Nematodes; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILITHON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROALGA; NEMATODE; PERIPHYTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC STATUS;

FRANCE; GARONNE RIVER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMADORINA BIOCULATA; CHROMADORINA VIRIDIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 79960562068     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0781-6     Document Type: Article

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