An evaluation of species richness estimators for tardigrades of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, USA

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 104-110

  Bartels, Paul J ^a   Nelson, Diane R ^b  

^a WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological inventory; Meiofauna; Southern Appalachians; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAVE; INVERTEBRATE; LIMESTONE; MEIOFAUNA; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 34547700797     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2007.s1.104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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