Dynamics of epikarst communities: Microgeographic pattern and environmental determinants of epikarst copepods in Organ Cave, West Virginia

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-87

  Pipan, Tanja ^a   Christman, Mary C ^b   Culver, David C ^c  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; ORGAN CAVE; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 33748139406     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[75:DOECMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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