Taxon-related diversity patterns from the continental shelf to the slope: A case study on nematodes from the Western Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-467

  Agnes, Muthumbi W N ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^b   Vincx, Magda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nematodes species diversity; Shelf to slopes; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

CHROMADORIDAE; COMESOMATIDAE; MICROLAIMIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 80054066679     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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