Benthic ciliate and meiofaunal communities in two contrasting habitats of an intertidal estuarine wetland

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-63

  Du, Yongfen ^a,b   Xu, Kuidong ^b   Warren, Alan ^c   Lei, Yanli ^b   Dai, Renhai ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Community composition; Jiaozhou bay, china; Meiofauna; Seagrass; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MEIOFAUNA; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIDAL FLAT; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

CHINA; JIAOZHOU BAY; SHANDONG;

CILIOPHORA; CYRTOPHORIDA; HYPOTRICHIA; MYXOZOA; NEMATODA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PROSTOMATIDA; PROTISTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; SUAEDA GLAUCA;

EID: 84859640397     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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