Faunistics of ephemeral rock pools in southeastern Botswana

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-431

  Jocqué, Merlijn ^a   Martens, Koen ^b   Riddoch, Bruce ^c   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Ephemeral; Fauna; Rock pool; Sampling

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; INVERTEBRATE; OUTCROP; ROCK POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHYDORIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33646450003     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0165-0415     Document Type: Article

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