Long-term dynamics of Asplanchna priodonta in Lake Windsborn with comments on the diet

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 432, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 91-100

  Kappes, Heike ^a   Mechenich, Christoph ^a   Sinsch, Ulrich ^a  

^a University of Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asplanchna priodonta; Bosmina longirostris; Community interaction; Diet composition; Keratella cochlearis; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002081580     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004022020346     Document Type: Article

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