Life on the edge: Rotifers from springs and ephemeral waters in the Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend National Park (Texas, USA)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 546, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-157

  Wallace, Robert L ^a   Walsh, Elizabeth J ^b   Arroyo, M L ^b   Starkweather, Peter L ^c  

^a RIPON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Huecos; Seeps; Tanks; Tinajas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PARKS; REDUNDANCY; SPRINGS (WATER); TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER RESOURCES;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HUECOS; SEEPS; TINAJAS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DESERT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; POND; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BDELLOIDA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 24144455961     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4112-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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