Assessing and conserving groundwater biodiversity: An introduction

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 639-648

  Gibert, Janine ^a   Culver, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater biodiversity patterns; Groundwater ecology; Karst; Porous aquifers; Sampling strategy

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 62949176451     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02202.x     Document Type: Review

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