Structure of rotifer assemblages in shallow waterbodies of semi-arid northwest Iran differing in salinity and vegetation cover

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-89

  Malekzadeh Viayeh, Reza ^a   Špoljar, Maria ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Environmental variables; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

IRAN;

BRACHIONUS; HEXARTHRA; NOTHOLCA; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA;

EID: 84858616371     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0992-x     Document Type: Article

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