On the brink - investigating biodiversity in endangered crater lakes of the Amber Mountains National Park (Madagascar)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-331

  Schabetsberger, R ^a   Kaiser, R ^a   Rott, E ^b   Lenzenweger, R ^c   Traunspurger, W ^d   Kotov, A A ^e   Fiers, F ^f   Gaviria, S ^g   Meisch, C ^h   Mahunka, S ⁱ   Campbell, R D ^j   Razafindranaivo, E ^k   Sztatecsny, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c not available   (Austria)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^f ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

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Author keywords

Algae; Alien species; Biogeography; Deforestation; Invertebrates; Island; Lake; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRATER LAKE; DEFORESTATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIMNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AMBER MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; ANTSIRANANA; MADAGASCAR;

ACARI; ALGAE; ANNELIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84876406615     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2286     Document Type: Article

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