Current developments in groundwater ecology-from biodiversity to ecosystem function and services

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-167

  Griebler, Christian ^a   Malard, Florian ^b   Lefébure, Tristan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POTABLE WATER;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SCIENTIFIC THEORIES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER SUPPLY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRINKING WATER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84894662250     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.01.018     Document Type: Review

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