The crustacean communities of River Tagus reservoirs. Zooplankton structure as reservoir trophic state indicator

Limnetica

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 37-56

  Caramujo, Maria José ^a   Boavida, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acanthocyclops robustus; Calanoid Cyclopoid interactions; Copidadiaptomus numidicus; Crustaceans; Reservoirs; Seasonal dynamics; Thermocyclops dybowskii; Trophic state index; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004889279     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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