Diversity and biogeography of southern African intertidal Acari

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1201-1215

  Procheş, Şerban ^a,b   Marshall, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acari; Ameronothroidea; Biogeography; Halacaridae; Hyadesiidae; Intertidal zone; Marine mites; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; AMERONOTHROIDEA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HALACARIDAE; HYADESIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LUCIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0036748257     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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