Habitat preferences and population dynamics of Ostracoda in a helocrene spring system

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 840-847

  Mezquita, Francesc ^a   Sanz Brau, Antonio ^b   Wansard, Guy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; LIMNOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPRING WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CYPRIDOPSIS VIDUA; HERPETOCYPRIS INTERMEDIA; OSTRACODA; POTAMOCYPRIS VILLOSA;

EID: 0033890186     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-265     Document Type: Article

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