Micro-environmental factors and the endemism of bromeliad aquatic fauna

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 625, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Lopez, Luiz Carlos Serramo ^a   Da Nóbrega Alves, Rômulo Romeu ^a   Rios, Ricardo Iglesias ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bromeliad; Dispersion; Invertebrate; Microcosm; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; LAKES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AQUATIC FAUNAS; AQUATIC MICROCOSMS; BROMELIAD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HIGH RATES; INVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT ABSORPTIONS; OLIGOTROPHIC CONDITIONS; PHYTOTELMATA; POPULATION DECLINES; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILS; WATER CHEMISTRIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANGIOSPERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAUNA; MICROCOSM; PH; POPULATION DECLINE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 62149147218     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9704-1     Document Type: Article

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