Urban environments as habitats for rare aquatic species: The case of leeches (Euhirudinea, Clitellata) in Warsaw freshwaters

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Koperski, Paweł ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Hirudinea; Protection; Rarity; Similarity; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; LEECH; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; RED LIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; TAXONOMY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

ANIMALIA; CLITELLATA; EUHIRUDINEA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953480982     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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