On the ecology of Caecidotea williamsi Escobar-Briones & Alcocer (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) from Alchichica saline lake, Central Mexico

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 576, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Alcocer, Javier ^a   Escobar Briones, Elva ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Benthos; Deep lake; Peracarida; Soda alkaline lake; Stromatolites; Tropical lake; Tufa

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ECOLOGY; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BENTHOS; DEEP LAKES; PERACARIDA; SODA-ALKALINE LAKES; STROMATOLITES; TROPICAL LAKES; TUFA;

SALINE WATER;

ALKALINITY; CRATER LAKE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOPOD; PREDATION; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

LAKE ALCHICHICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

ASELLIDAE; CAECIDOTEA; CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PERACARIDA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33845877463     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0297-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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