Shedding light on crustacean species diversity in the anchihaline caves of Croatia

Natura Croatica

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 54-58

  Gottstein, Sanja ^a   Kršinić, Frano ^b   Ternjej, Ivančica ^a   Cukrov, Neven ^c   Kutleša, Petra ^d   Jalžić, Branko ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d Croatian Biospeleological Society   (Croatia)

^e CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic coast; Anchihaline caves; Crustacea; Hot spot; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CAVE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISOPOD; RARE SPECIES; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDAL CYCLE;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA;

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA;

EID: 84867276522     PISSN: 13300520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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