Patterns of Copepod diversity (Copepoda: Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida) in springs of central Italy: Implications for conservation issues

Crustaceana Monographs

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 199-226

  Galassi, Diana M P ^a   Fiasca, Barbara ^a   Del Tosto, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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