Biodiversity and ecology of fauna in percolating water in selected Slovenian and Romanian caves

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-501

  Moldovan, Oana T ^a   Pipan, Tanja ^b   Iepure, Sanda ^a   Mihevc, Andrej ^b   Mulec, Janez ^b  

^a EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^b KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Copepoda; Epikarst; Fauna; Karst; Percolating water; Speleobiology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAVE SYSTEM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 38849198530     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v36i3.183     Document Type: Article

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