The ecology of ostracodes (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in western Mongolia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-273

  van der Meeren, T ^a,b   Almendinger, J E ^c   Ito, E ^d   Martens, K ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCA; Central Asia; Ostracoda; Quantitative ecology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; AQUATIC HABITATS; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CALCIUM CONTENT; CENTRAL ASIA; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HIGH RESPONSE; HYDROCHEMICALS; INDICATOR SPECIES; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; MONGOLIA; OSTRACODA; OSTRACODES; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; SEMI-ARID REGION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATERBODIES;

ARID REGIONS; CALCIUM; FORESTRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY;

BIOINDICATOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; OSTRACOD; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

MONGOLIA;

CRUSTACEA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 76349113560     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0089-y     Document Type: Article

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