The distribution of aquatic oligochaetes in brackish inland waters in the SW Netherlands
Verdonschot, P.F.M.; Smies, M.; Sepers, A.B.J. (1982). The distribution of aquatic oligochaetes in brackish inland waters in the SW Netherlands. Hydrobiologia 89: 29-38
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
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Cluster analysis Properties > Chemical properties > Salinity > Chlorinity Water > Brackish water Oligochaeta [WoRMS] Brackish water |
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- Verdonschot, P.F.M., more
- Smies, M.
- Sepers, A.B.J.
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Abstract |
Macrobenthic fauna was sampled in inland waters with unstable environmental parameters in the SW Netherlands. The distribution of 23 species of aquatic oligochaetes was related to chlorinity. Oligochaetes and other macrofaunal taxa were grouped by cluster analysis. Brackish-marine oligochaetes appeared to have a similarly large tolerance for chlorinity variations, as is known for the better researched euryhaline macrofauna. |
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