The biology and ecology of lotic rotifers and gastrotrichs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-28

  Ricci, Claudia ^a,c   Balsamo, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Ecology; Microinvertebrates; Morphology; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA;

GASTROTRICHA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0034072460     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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