Habitat fragmentation and its effects on groundwater populations

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-452

  Moldovan, Oana Teodora ^a   Meleg, Ioana N ^a   Perşoiu, Aurel ^b,c  

^a EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c STEFAN CEL MARE UNIVERSITY OF SUCEAVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cave Crustacea; Drip water; Habitat fragmentation; Metacommunity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DRIP RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; KARSTIC AREA; METACOMMUNITY; ROMANIA; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPES; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

CAVES; CONSERVATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE;

ROMANIA;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84857796626     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.237     Document Type: Article

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