Two new subterranean ameirids (Crustacea:Copepoda:Harpacticoida) expose weaknesses in the conservation of short-range endemics threatened by mining developments in Western Australia

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 540-566

  Karanovic, Tomislav ^a,b   Eberhard, Stefan M ^b,c   Perina, Giulia ^b   Callan, Shae ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Scientific Environmental Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ameiridae; cladistics; conservation management; endemism; groundwater; micro characters; stygofauna; taxonomy.

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLADISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84887090894     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS12084     Document Type: Article

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