Inter-population genetic variation in the freshwater leech Nephelopsis obscura in relation to environmental heterogeneity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Qian, Y ^a   Davies, Ronald W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental heterogeneity; genetic variation; leech

Indexed keywords

NEPHELOPSIS OBSCURA;

EID: 0029828469     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00028273     Document Type: Article

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