Free-living marine nematodes community structure in the conservation area (Chaojing Park) and its adjacent area of Keelung, Taiwan

• Main Authors: Ng, Wei-Ling, Chen, Cheng Ann, Saleem Mustafa, Soo, Chen Lin, Liao, Yun-Chih, Shih, Tung-Wei
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2022
• Subjects: QL360-599.82 Invertebrates
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34178/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34178/2/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34178/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268691; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268691

Studies conducted in the same seas or even study sites nearby each other, showed very different community structure, implying the patchiness of free-living marine nematodes which may be related to the sedimentary environment such as sediment type and food availability of the study area. This study w...