Estimating biodiversity in the epikarstic zone of a West Virginia Cave

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Pipan, Tanja ^a   Culver, David C ^b  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAVE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COPEPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 25444441060     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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