Leech (Hirudinea) communities of post-exploitation water bodies in industrial region (Upper Silesia, Poland)

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Krodkiewska, Mariola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Leech community; Post exploitation water bodies

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPLOITATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LEECH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

POLAND;

HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 0037252227     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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