Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) and their seasonal dynamics in a floating bog mat in Jeziorka Kozie Reserve, Tuchola Forest (Poland)

Biological Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Seniczak, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acari; bog; Dystrophic pond; Floating bog mat; Oribatida; Seasonal dynamics; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991735178     PISSN: 16447700     EISSN: 17347467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10120-011-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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