A review of the diversity, adaptations and groundwater colonization pathways in Cladocera and Calanoida (Crustacea), two rare and contrasting groups of stygobionts

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Brancelj, Anton ^a   Dumont, Henri J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Biogeography; Calanoida; Cladocera; Ecology; Karstic aquifer; Porous aquifer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CRUSTACEAN; GLACIATION; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; MORPHOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALONA; CALANOIDA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; MICRODIAPTOMUS COKERI;

EID: 34047131763     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0168-0003     Document Type: Review

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