Freshwater rock pools: A review of habitat characteristics, faunal diversity and conservation value

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1587-1602

  Jocque, Merlijn ^a,b   Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ^a   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Ch Deberiotstraat 32   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Diversity; Freshwater; Model system; Rock pool; Temporary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954531750     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02402.x     Document Type: Review

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