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dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorFourie, Hendrika
dc.contributor.authorSwart, Antoinette
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-15T09:28:16Z
dc.date.available2016-09-15T09:28:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationDu Preez, G. et al. 2015. Nematodes of the Wonderfontein Cave (Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa). Nematology, 17(8):967-980. [http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/15685411]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1388-5545
dc.identifier.issn1568-5411 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18753
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002917
dc.identifier.urihttp://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685411-00002917
dc.description.abstractAlthough the importance of nematodes, especially in soil ecosystems, is well appreciated, very little is known about the occurrence of and ecosystem services provided by cavernicolous nematodes. This study was undertaken to determine the nematode occurrence, density and distribution in the Wonderfontein Cave (South Africa), which is subjected to the influx of water from the Wonderfontein Spruit. Of the 53 nematode genera collected from the Wonderfontein Cave during the first (April 2013) and second (September 2013) sampling intervals, 22 have never been reported from a cave environment. Results indicated that many of the nematodes found may only be temporary residents introduced from the surface environment. This study reveals the necessity of further efforts to investigate the nematode communities associated with subterranean environments, which will provide a better understanding of the functioning of the associated ecosystemsen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrill Academic Publishersen_US
dc.subjectWonderfontein Spruiten_US
dc.subjectnematode densityen_US
dc.subjectsubterranean environmentsen_US
dc.subjectcavernicolous nematodesen_US
dc.titleNematodes of the Wonderfontein Cave (Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID21621217 - Du Preez, Gerhard Cornelis
dc.contributor.researchID10148620 - Fourie, Hendrika


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