Small-scale heterogeneity in deep-sea nematode communities around biogenic structures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Hasemann, Christiane ^a   Soltwedel, Thomas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TAXONOMY; TENTORIUM SEMISUBERITES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; MARINE BIOLOGY;

NEMATODA; TENTORIUM SEMISUBERITES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; NEMATODA;

EID: 84555203269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029152     Document Type: Article

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