Limno-terrestrial tardigrada of the Nearctic realm

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Meyer, Harry A ^a   Hinton, Juliana G ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Limno terrestrial; Nearctic; North America; Substrate specificity; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; LIMNOLOGY; NEARCTIC REGION;

NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 34547689674     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2007.s1.97     Document Type: Conference Paper

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