Spatial patterns of distribution of meiofaunal and nematode assemblages in the Huvadhoo lagoon (Maldives, Indian Ocean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1377-1385

  Semprucci, F ^a   Colantoni, P ^a   Sbrocca, C ^a   Baldelli, G ^a   Balsamo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

coral sediments; ecological quality; free living nematodes; Maldives; meiofauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATOLL; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84912025282     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541400068X     Document Type: Article

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