What is groundwater and what does this mean to fauna? - An opinion

Limnologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Schmidt, Susanne I ^a   Hahn, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater ecosystems; Groundwater fauna; Groundwater surface water interactions; Reference conditions; Stygofauna

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INTERCEPTION; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 81455131609     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2011.08.002     Document Type: Review

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