Meiofauna affect the macrobenthic biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-213

  Piot, Adeline ^a   Nozais, Christian ^b   Archambault, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; FUTURE PROSPECT; MEIOFAUNA; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; NEREIS;

EID: 84892673933     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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