Benthic-Pelagic Coupling: Effects on Nematode Communities along Southern European Continental Margins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Pape, Ellen ^a   Jones, Daniel O B ^b   Manini, Elena ^c   Bezerra, Tania Nara ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; SEA; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NEMATODA; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

NEMATODA;

EID: 84875683815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059954     Document Type: Article

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