Microdistribution and high diversity of Copepoda (Crustacea) in a small cave in central Slovenia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 59-72

  Brancelj, Anton ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Caves; Copepoda; Microdistribution; Slovenia; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAVES; CLAY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); ROOFS;

MICRODISTRIBUTION;

MICROORGANISMS;

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROHABITAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SLOVENIA;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; HARPACTICOIDA; PHYLLOGNATHOPUS;

EID: 0036624699     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021043014879     Document Type: Article

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