Effects of green macroalgal blooms on the meiofauna community structure in the Bay of Cádiz

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 10-17

  Bohorquez J ^a   Papaspyrou, S ^a,b   Yufera M ^b   van Bergeijk, S A ^a   Garcia Robledo E ^a   Jimenez Arias J L ^a   Bright, M ^c,d   Corzo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of C diz; Intertidal sediment; Macroalgal bloom; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENTS; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MACROALGAL BLOOMS; MEIOFAUNA; MEIOFAUNA COMMUNITIES; NON-METRIC MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION;

BLOOMS (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEPARATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CALCIUM;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BAY; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; MACROALGA; MEIOFAUNA; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NEMATODE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; OSTRACOD; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TAXONOMIC RANK; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BAYS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEMATODA; SEAWEED; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; CADIZ BAY; SPAIN;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84877832228     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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