A review of current Antarctic limno-terrestrial microfauna

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1517-1531

  Velasco Castrillón, Alejandro ^a   Gibson, John A E ^b   Stevens, Mark I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions (ACBR); DNA barcoding; Nematoda; Rotifera; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CLASSIFICATION; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84907806353     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: 14322056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1544-4     Document Type: Review

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