Ophel: A groundwater biome based on chemoautotrophic resources. The global significance of the Ayyalon cave finds, Israel

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 592, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Por, Francis Dov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biospheric considerations; Chemoautotrophy; Groundwater biota

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSPHERICS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TAXONOMIES;

BIOSPHERIC CONSIDERATIONS; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CHEMOSYNTHETIS; GROUNDWATER BIOTA;

BIODIVERSITY;

BACTERIUM; BIOME; CAVE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; CRUSTACEAN; GROUNDWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; AYALON CAVE; CENTRAL DISTRICT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34548449752     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0795-2     Document Type: Review

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