Groundwater biodiversity patterns in the Lessinian Massif of northern Italy

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 830-847

  Galassi, Diana M P ^a   Stoch, Fabio ^a   Fiasca, Barbara ^a   Di Lorenzo, Tiziana ^a   Gattone, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecology; Ground water; Italy; Stygobionts

Indexed keywords

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EID: 62949129185     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02203.x     Document Type: Article

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