Rotifers in the schelde estuary (Belgium): A test of taxonomic relevance

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 981-997

  Azémar, Frederic ^a,b   Maris, Tom ^c   Mialet, Benoît ^a,b   Segers, Hendrik ^d   Van Damme, Stefan ^c   Meire, Patrick ^c   Tackx, Micky ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Rotifera; Schelde estuary; Spatio temporal distribution; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; ORDINATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM; WESTERSCHELDE;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CYCLOPOIDA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77953258407     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq030     Document Type: Article

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