Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: Diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 365-375

  Gheskiere, Tom ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Urban Malinga, Barbara ^b   Rossano, Claudia ^c   Scapini, Felicita ^c   Degraer, Steven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baltic; diversity; free living nematodes; isocommunities; Mediterranean; sandy beach morphodynamics; taxonomic relatedness

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEMATODA;

EID: 9944230535     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

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