Response of meiofaunal and nematode communities to sewage pollution abatement: A field transplantation experiment

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1174-1185

  Liu, Xiaoshou ^a,b   Cheung, Siu Gin ^b   Shin, Paul K S ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

meiofauna; nematode; recovery; sediment; sewage pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155148844     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-011-0144-1     Document Type: Article

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