The relationship between species richness and taxonomic distinctness in freshwater organisms

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 978-986

  Heino, Jani ^a   Soininen, Janne ^b   Lappalainen, Jyrki ^b   Virtanen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 20044392119     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.3.0978     Document Type: Article

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