Benthic meiofauna as indicator of ecological changes in estuarine ecosystems: The use of nematodes in ecological quality assessment

Estuarine meiofauna communities have been only recently considered to be good indicators of ecological quality, exhibiting several advantages over macrofauna, such as their small size, high abundance, rapid generation times and absence of a planktonic phase. In estuaries we must account not only for...

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Main Author: Alves, Ana Sofia (author)
Other Authors: Adão, Helena (author), Ferrero, T. (author), Marques, J.C. (author), Costa, M. J. (author), Patricio, J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/5243
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/5243