Effect of nutrient enrichment on seagrass associated meiofauna in Tanzania

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-58

  Daudi, Lillian Nduku ^a,b   Lugomela, Charles ^c   Uku, Jacqueline Nduku ^a   De Troch, Marleen ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Epiphytic meiofauna; Harpacticoid copepods; Nutrient enrichment; Seagrass ecosystem

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIVERSITY; HARPACTICOID COPEPODS; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; SEAGRASSES;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION; SEAWEED; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

NUTRIENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPEPOD; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEIOFAUNA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; TANZANIA;

ALISMATIDAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYLL; COPEPODA; DIATOMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; TANZANIA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

TANZANIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA;

EID: 84868662788     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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