Benthic invertebrates in Karst Springs: Does substratum or location define communities?

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 452-464

  Dumnicka, Elzbieta ^a   Galas, Joanna ^a   Koperski, Paweł ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Habitat; Krak w Cz stochowa upland; Macroinvertebrates; Organic matter; Sediment type

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHOS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; KARST HYDROLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; SPRING WATER; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; CZESTOCHOWA [SLASKIE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND; SLASKIE;

HYDRACARINA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 34548505777     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610991     Document Type: Article

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