Acidity versus habitat structure as regulators of littoral microcrustacean assemblages

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-303

  Walseng, Bjørn ^a   Yan, Norman D ^b,c   Pawson, Trevor W ^c   Skarpaas, Olav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidity; Diversity; Habitat; Littoral microcrustaceans

Indexed keywords

CHYDORIDAE; COPEPODA; ERIOCAULACEAE; ERIOCAULON SEPTANGULARE;

EID: 38149051237     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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