A new Acanthocyclops KIEFER, 1927 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from central Mexico with comments on the distribution of the genus in middle America

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-163

  Mercado, Nancy ^a   Suárez Morales, Eduardo ^b   Silva Briano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crustacean zooplankton; Cyclopidae; Diversity; Limnology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GLACIERS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GLACIATION; INSECT; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEGMENTATION; TROPICAL REGION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPIDAE; CYCLOPOIDA;

EID: 33744498415     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510856     Document Type: Article

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