Edaphic oribatid mites (Cryptostigmata: Acarina) associated with an aquatic moss on sub-Antarctic South Georgia

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Pugh, P J A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Edaphic; Freshwater; Moss fauna; Oribatida; Sub antarctic

Indexed keywords

MITE; MOSS;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

ACARINA; CERATOZETIDAE; CRYPTOSTIGMATA; DREPANOCLADUS UNCINATUS; EDWARDZETES ELONGATUS; MALACONOTHRIDAE; ORIBATIDA; TRIMALOCONOTHRUS FLAGELLIFORMIS;

EID: 0029767644     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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