The Branchiopoda (Crustacea: Anomopoda, Ctenopoda and Cyclestherida) of the rain forests of Cameroon, West Africa: Low abundances, few endemics and a boreal-tropical disjunction

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1611-1620

  Chiambeng, George Y ^a,c   Dumont, Henri J ^b  

^a Research Center for Fisheries and Marine Sciences   (Cameroon)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

African biogeography; Branchiopoda; Chydoridae; Cladocerans; Disjunctions; Diversity; Endemism; Extinction; Rain forest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; RAINFOREST; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; CAMEROON; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ALONA; ALONELLA EXIGUA; ANOMOPODA; BRANCHIOPODA; BRYOSPILUS; CHYDORIDAE; CHYDORUS; CRUSTACEA; CTENOPODA; CYCLESTHERIDA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; DIAPHANOSOMA; KURZIA LATISSIMA; MACROTHRIX; MACROTRICHIDAE; MONOSPILUS DISPAR; NICSMIRNOVIUS CAMEROUNENSIS; PLEUROXUS; SIDIDAE;

EID: 33645093309     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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