Ecology and conservation status of endemic freshwater crabs in Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1555-1573

  Marijnissen, Saskia A E ^a,b   Michel, Ellinor ^c   Cleary, Daniel F R ^a,d   McIntyre, Peter B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TACARE Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education Programme   (Tanzania)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Benthos; Freshwater conservation; Lake Tanganyika; Littoral ecosystem; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD WEB; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349147658     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9543-9     Document Type: Article

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