Species richness of microcrustacea in subterranean freshwater habitats. Comparative analysis and approximate evaluation

Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-145

  Rough, Raymond ^a   Danielopol, Dan L ^b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (France)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Copepoda; Hypogean habitats; Microcrustacea; Ostracoda

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0030740905     PISSN: 00209309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19970820202     Document Type: Article

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