Conservation problems with hypothelminorheic Niphargus species (Amphipoda: Niphargidae)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 602-604

  Fišer, Cene ^a   Konec, Marjeta ^a   Kobe, Zala ^a   Osanič, Miha ^a   Gruden, Pina ^a   Potočnik, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ecological modelling; Groundwater protection; Hypothelminorheic; Niphargus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PATCHINESS; PH; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

AMPHIPODA; NIPHARGIDAE; NIPHARGUS;

EID: 77957232488     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1119     Document Type: Article

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