Successional phases and species replacements in freshwater rock pools: Towards a biological definition of ephemeral systems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1734-1744

  Jocqué, Merlijn ^a   Riddoch, Bruce J ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Colonization; Ephemeral; Rock pool; Species replacement; Successive phase

Indexed keywords

AEDES SP.; ANOPHELES SP.; BRANCHIPODOPSIS WOLFI; CULICIDAE; HYDROGLYPHUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEBERIS; MICRONECTA;

EID: 34547730173     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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