Nearctic freshwater tardigrades: A review

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 84-89

  McFatter, Mitchell M ^a   Meyer, Harry A ^a   Hinton, Juliana G ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Limno terrestrial; Substrate; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISPERSAL; HABITAT; INVERTEBRATE; LIMNOLOGY; NEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

HYPSIBIUS DUJARDINI; INVERTEBRATA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 34547763257     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2007.s1.84     Document Type: Conference Paper

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