Colonization of macroalgal deposits by estuarine nematodes through air and potential for rafting inside algal structures

• Bartelijntje Buys,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Marine Biology Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Sofie Derycke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Aquatic Environment and Quality, Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ostend, Belgium

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Marine Biology Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Nele De Meester,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Marine Biology Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Tom Moens

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tom.moens@ugent.be

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Marine Biology Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-9210

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