Spatiotemporal distribution of free-living nematodes in glacial-fed stream reaches (Hohe Tauem, Eastern Alps, Austria)

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 470-480

  Eisendle, Ursula ^a  

^a Department of Freshwater Ecology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATURATION; NEMATODE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CARINTHIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; HOHE TAUERN; MOLL RIVER;

NEMATODA;

EID: 53549133646     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-062)[EISENDLE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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