Biodiversity, functional roles and ecosystem services of groundwater invertebrates

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-116

  Boulton, Andrew J ^a   Fenwick, Graham D ^b   Hancock, Peter J ^a   Harvey, Mark S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Biodiversity; Ecosystem goods and services; Functional structure; Groundwater management; Stygofauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROUNDWATER; INVERTEBRATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 43549085303     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS07024     Document Type: Review

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