Intermittent pool beds are permanent cyclic habitats with distinct wet, moist and dry phases.

Recognition that intermittent pools are a single habitat phase of an intermittent pool bed that cycles between aquatic and terrestrial habitat greatly enhances their usefulness for addressing general questions in ecology. The aquatic phase has served as a model system in many ecological studies, bec...

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Main Authors: Anthony I Dell, Ross A Alford, Richard G Pearson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4171517?pdf=render