Physical and chemical characteristics of ephemeral pond habitats in the Maracaibo basin and Llanos region of Venezuela

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 362, Issue , 1997, Pages 67-77

  Podrabsky, Jason E ^a   Hrbek, Tomas ^b   Hand, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual killifish; Austrofundulus; Ephemeral ponds; Freshwater; Maracaibo; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EPHEMERAL POND; FISH; PHYSICO-CEHMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

VENEZUELA;

AUSTROFUNDULUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0031398705     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003168704178     Document Type: Article

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