How well do single samples reflect rotifer species diversity? A test based on interannual variation of rotifer communities in Big Bend National Park (Texas, USA)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Walsh, E J ^a   Schroder T ^a   Arroyo, M L ^a   Wallace, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b RIPON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chihuahuan Desert; Index of faunal originality; Invertebrate; Relative frequency of encounter; S rensen index; Singleton rate; Species turnover index

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAMPLING;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; FAUNAL ORIGINALITY; INVERTEBRATES; RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF ENCOUNTER; SINGLETON RATE; SPECIES TURNOVER INDEX; SRENSEN INDEX;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLATWORM; HABITAT TYPE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BDELLOIDA; BOS; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34548401719     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9048-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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