Small-scale effect of intertidal seagrass (Zostera muelleri) on meiofaunal abundance, biomass, and nematode community structure

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-591

  Leduc, Daniel ^a   Probert, P Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

biomass; meiofauna; nematodes; New Zealand; Parastenhelia megarostrum; seagrass; sediment benthos; trophic groups

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PARASTENHELIA; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 80055043239     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001645     Document Type: Article

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