Cyanobacteria and associated invertebrates in Leontari Cave, Attica Greece

Fottea

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-164

  Lamprinou, Vasiliki ^a   Pantazidou, Adriani ^a   Papadogiannaki, Georgia ^a   Radea, Canella ^a   Economou Amilli, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caves; Cyanobacteria; Greece; Karstic environment; Soil invertebratescny

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649108908     PISSN: 18025439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2009.014     Document Type: Article

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