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Journal article

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Title

Utility of classical alpha-taxonomy for biodiversity of aquatic nematodes

Abstract

"Classical a-taxonomy'' has different interpretations. Therefore, within the framework of an integrated taxonomic approach it is not relevant to divide taxonomy in different components, each being allocated a different weight of importance. Preferably, taxonomy should be seen in a holistic way, including the act of delimiting and describing taxa, based on different features and available methods, and taxonomy can not be interpreted without looking at evolutionary relationships. The concept of diversity itself is quite diverse as is the measure of diversity. Taxonomic descriptions of free-living aquatic nematodes are very valuable as they provide basic phenotypic information that is necessary for the functional ecological, behavioral, and evolutionary interpretation of data gathered from molecular analyses and of the organism as a whole. In general, molecular taxonomic analyses have the advantage of being much faster and of being able to deal with a larger number of specimens but also possess the important advantage of dealing with a huge amount of features compared to the morphology-based approach. However, just as morphological studies, molecular analyses deal only with partial of an organism.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000353628000001

Bibliographic citation

Decraemer, W.; Backeljau, T. (2015). Utility of classical alpha-taxonomy for biodiversity of aquatic nematodes. J. Nematol. 47(1): 1-10

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