Assessing and conserving groundwater biodiversity: Synthesis and perspectives

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 930-941

  Gibert, Janine ^a   Culver, David C ^b   Dole Olivier, Marie Jose ^a   Malard, Florian ^a   Christman, Mary C ^c   Deharveng, Louis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation of groundwater fauna; Groundwater biodiversity patterns; Groundwater ecology; Research priorities; Stygobionts

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949216423     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02201.x     Document Type: Review

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