Physico-chemical profile and energy fixation in Bundera Sinkhole, an anchialine remiped habitat in north-western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Humphreys, W F ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CRUSTACEAN; ENERGY USE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

OSTRACODA; REMIPEDIA;

EID: 0033388214     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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