Shifts in the gammarid (Amphipoda) fauna of brackish polder waters in Flanders (Belgium)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-277

  Boets, Pieter ^a   Lock, Koen ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alien species; Gammarus duebeni; Gammarus tigrinus; Gammarus zaddachi; salinity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS; GAMMARUS ZADDACHI; NEOMYSIS INTEGER; PALAEMONETES VARIANS;

EID: 79953669628     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/10-3357.1     Document Type: Article

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