The Corona lava tube, Lanzarote: Geology, habitat diversity and biogeography

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-167

  Wilkens, Horst ^a   Iliffe, Thomas M ^b   Oromí, Pedro ^c   Martínez, Alejandro ^d   Tysall, Terence N ^b   Koenemann, Stefan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anchialine caves; Hypogean fauna; Marine biodiversity; Mesozoic distributions; Sub seafloor caves

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAVE; CORONA; CRUSTACEAN; DIVING; GEOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; LAVA TUBE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; POLYCHAETE; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

CANARY ISLANDS; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

CRUSTACEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77949654295     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-009-0019-2     Document Type: Article

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