A comprehensive evaluation of the crustacean assemblages in southern Iberian Mediterranean Wetlands

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-181

  Gilbert, Juan Diego ^a   De Vicente, Inmaculada ^b   Ortega, Fernando ^a   Jiménez Melero, Raquel ^a   Parra, Gema ^a   Guerrero, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Mediterranean wetlands; Non parametric estimators; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRUSTACEAN; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

BRANCHIOPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84922057161     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2015.993     Document Type: Article

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