Losing the bounty? Investigating species richness in isolated freshwater ecosystems of oceania

Pacific Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-179

  Schabetsberger, Robert ^a   Drozdowski, Gabriele ^a   Rott, Eugen ^b   Lenzenweger, Rupert ^c   Jersabek, Christian D ^a   Fiers, Frank ^d   Traunspurger, Walter ^e   Reiff, Nicola ^f   Stoch, Fabio ^c   Kotov, Alexey A ^g   Martens, Koen ^d   Schatz, Heinrich ^b   Kaiser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Vautierstraat 29 ^*  (Italy)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^g SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CRUSTACEAN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MITE; NEMATODE; SALINIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA;

ACARI; ALGAE; COPEPODA; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 67249165818     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/049.063.0201     Document Type: Article

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