Spatial aggregation patterns of free-living marine nematodes in contrasting sandy beach micro-habitats

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 615-622

  Gingold, Ruth ^a   Ibarra Obando, Silvia E ^a   Rocha Olivares, Axayácatl ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

dispersal; free living marine nematodes; hydrodynamics; intertidal; micro habitat; runnel; sandbar; sandy beach; spatial structure

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; NEMATODE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SANDBAR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CURRENT;

ALGAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 80055029887     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001128     Document Type: Article

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