Nematode Communities of Costa Rica

Taxonomic Group	Invertebrates
Level of Organization	Community
Scale	Local
Data Type	Observational
Data Retriever	No
Georeferenced	No

This data set describes nematode communities within the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica.

Dataset Location: Dryad

Site Location: La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica (10^(o) 26’ N, 83^(o) 59’ W)

Sites Georefferenced: No

Methods: Species were identified using molecular operational taxonomic units measured by an 18S ribosomal barcode

Data Collected: species richness, genetic sequences

Citation: Powers TO, Neher DA, Mullin P, Esquivel A, Giblin-Davis RM, Kanzaki N, Stock PP, Mora MM, Uribe-Lorio L (2009) Data from: Tropical nematode diversity: vertical stratification of nematode communities in a Costa Rican humid lowland rainforest. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.jq989

Available via EcoData Retriever: No