The effect of the sampling scale on zooplankton community assessment and its implications for the conservation of temporary ponds in south-west Spain

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-193

  Fahd, Khalid ^a,c   Florencio, Margarita ^a   Keller, Claudia ^b,d   Serrano, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Do ana; Exotic fish; Hydroperiod; Macroinvertebrates; Salamanders; Spatio temporal scales

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CRAYFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARD; POND; PREDATOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ASTACOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ROTIFERA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947536130     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.781     Document Type: Article

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