Geographical and ecological distribution of marine halacarid genera and species (Acari: Halacaridae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 37-58

  Bartsch, Ilse ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Endemisms; Halacaridae; Latitudinal and vertical diversity

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACARI; COPIDOGNATHUS; HALACARIDAE; ISOBACTRUS; LOHMANNELLA; THALASSARACHNA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITE; REVIEW; SEA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MARINE BIOLOGY; MITES; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 16644387135     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000044438.32992.35     Document Type: Article

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