title: Nematodes from terrestrial, freshwater and brackish water habitats in Belgium: an updated list with special emphasis on compost nematodes.
abstract: A study of nematodes from a semi-artificial and controlled composting process in Eastern Flanders revealed 35 taxa, 21 of which were new records for Belgium. An updated checklist of free-living, plant-parasitic and entomopathogenic nematodes from terrestrial, freshwater and brackish water habitats in Belgium is presented. The Belgian non-marine nematofauna comprises 418 taxa, representing 4 subclasses, 14 orders, and 76 families. In total 127 new records were added: i.e. 21 from the newly explored compost habitat, 7 from freshwater samples and 99 from published data in literature.
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Department of Biology, Nematology Research Unit, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Email: Hanne.Steel@UGent.be.
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steel
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Department of Biology, Nematology Research Unit, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: August
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coomans
authors.affiliation: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Ghent University, Department of Biology, Nematology Research Unit, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Wilfrida
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Decraemer
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Lab, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moens
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Department of Biology, Nematology Research Unit, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D003710:Demography; D017753:Ecosystem; D005618:Fresh Water; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D012987:Soil; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012987:Soil