Nematode community structure along the continental slope off the Kenyan coast, Western Indian Ocean

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-205

  Muthumbi, Agnes W ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^b   Duineveld, Gerard ^c   Soetaert, Karline ^d   Vincx, Magda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Density; Genera composition Kenyan coast; Marine nematodes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NEMATODE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ACANTHOLAIMUS; DAPTONEMA; DORYLAIMOPSIS; HALALAIMUS; METAZOA; MICROLAIMUS; MOLGOLAIMUS; MONHYSTERA; MONHYSTERIDA; NEMATODA; SABATIERIA; TERSCHELLINGIA;

EID: 9744265338     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310689     Document Type: Article

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