Phreatic groundwater ecosystems: Research frontiers for freshwater ecology

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 885-906

  Larned, Scott T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Groundwater ecosystems; Habitat classification; Phreatic ecology; Porous and fractured rock aquifers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859421389     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02769.x     Document Type: Review

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