Connectivity and nestedness of the meta-community structure of moss dwelling bdelloid rotifers along a stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 542, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-136

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a   Melone, Giulio ^a   Ricci, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic freshwater; Italy; Lotic environment; Meiofauna; Rotifera Bdelloidea

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; WIND;

BDELLOID ROTIFERS; COLONIZATION; META-COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; SPATIAL SCALES;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 20344407862     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-5495-6     Document Type: Article

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