Anchialine fauna of the Corona lava tube (Lanzarote, Canary Islands): Diversity, endemism and distribution

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-182

  García, Alejandro Martínez ^a,b   Palmero, Ana María ^a   del Carmen Brito, María ^a   Núñez, Jorge ^a   Worsaae, Katrine ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cave environments; Checklist; Colonization process; Jameos del Agua

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; COLONIZATION; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; ENDEMISM; HABITAT TYPE; LAVA TUBE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CANARY ISLANDS; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

ANNELIDA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHIURA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PRIAPULUS;

EID: 77949654363     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-009-0023-6     Document Type: Article

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