An assessment of animal species diversity in continental waters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 542, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-67

  Leveque C ^a   Balian, E V ^b   Martens, K ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b DIVERSITAS   (France)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal species; Biodiversity; Freshwater; Global assessment; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WEBSITES;

ANIMAL SPECIES; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HUMAN ACTIONS; WATER-DEPENDENT SPECIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20344384814     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-5522-7     Document Type: Review

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