A Tiny Discovery.

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  • Author(s): SIBER, KATE
  • Source:
    National Parks. Winter2015, Vol. 89 Issue 1, p22-23. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CRUSTACEA; ROBERTS, Ben; BAKER, Gretchen; AMPHIPODA
    • Subject Terms:
      GREAT Basin National Park (Nev.)
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that researchers recently discovered a new species of crustacea in Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Gretchen Baker, an ecologist for Nevada's Great Basin National Park, and Ben Roberts, the chief of natural resources, made the discovery. It mentions that these tiny white crustaceans, now called Model Cave amphipods live in cool, clear groundwater.