Bdelloid Rotifers from Lakes above 1700 m in Western Italian Alps, with Taxonomic Notes on Dissotrocha macrostyla

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 594-601

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a   Melone, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rotifera Bdelloidea; SEM; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; LAKE; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SESIA VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BDELLOIDA; DISSOTROCHA; DISSOTROCHA MACROSTYLA; DISSOTROCHA MACROSTYLA TUBERCULATA; INVERTEBRATA; PHILODINA; PHILODINA CITRINA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0344736702     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310639     Document Type: Article

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