Global diversity of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia; Arachnida) in freshwater

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 595, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 303-315

  Di Sabatino, Antonio ^a   Smit, Harry ^b   Gerecke, Reinhard ^c   Goldschmidt, Tom ^d   Matsumoto, Noriko ^e   Cicolani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c University of Karlsruhe ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Freshwaters; Global assessment; Hydrachnidia; Water mites

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

AFROTROPICAL REGIONS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENERIC DIVERSIFICATION; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; INTERSTITIAL WATERS; NEARCTIC REGIONS; WATER MITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FRESHWATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITE; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; HYDRACARINA;

EID: 38149109860     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9025-1     Document Type: Review

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