Relative contribution of small mountain ponds to regional richness of littoral macroinvertebrates and the implications for conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-164

  Martínez Sanz, Carlos ^a   Cenzano, Cynthia S S ^a   Fernández Aláez, Margarita ^a   García Criado, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Littoral macroinvertebrates; Mountain ponds; Richness; Sanabria Lake

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HETEROGENEITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METAPOPULATION; NICHE; PATCH SIZE; PATCHINESS; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SANABRIA LAKE; SPAIN; ZAMORA [CASTILLA Y LEON];

EID: 84859438585     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2227     Document Type: Article

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