Nematode community structure along a central Chile margin transect influenced by the oxygen minimum zone

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-15

  Neira, Carlos ^a   King, Ian ^b   Mendoza, Guillermo ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^c   De Ley, Paul ^d   Levin, Lisa A ^a,e  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Central chile; Continental margin; Meiofauna; Nematodes; Organic matter; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CHILE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODES; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FEEDING; OXYGEN;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DOMINANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NICHE PARTITIONING; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; TOLERANCE;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO BIO];

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84877837981     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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