Ecology of free-living nematodes from the continental shelf of the central great barrier reef province

• Published in: Estuarine, coastal and shelf science Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 421 - 438
• Main Author: Tietjen, John H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 1991; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; carbonate sediments; continental shelf; diversity; ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Great Barrier Reef (Australia); Marine; Nematoda; nematodes; Spilophorella paradoxa; Theristus; Australia; Oceania; Great Barrier Reef; carbonate sediments; continental shelf; ecology; diversity; Great Barrier Reef (Australia); nematodes; Marine environment; Species diversity; Continental shelf; Trophic structure; Helmintha; Nemathelminthia; Invertebrata; Sediments; Nematoda; Population density

Nematode assemblages from five sites on the continental shelf of the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR) along a transect ranging from inshore muddy quartz to offshore carbonate sands were examined in austral spring (October 1987) and summer (January 1988). Assemblages at all sites were characterized b...