Zooplankton feeding rates in relation to suspended sediment content: potential influences on community structure in a turbid reservoir

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 123-139

  HART, R C ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTH AFRICA, ORANGE RIVER, LAKE LE ROUX;

DAPHNIA BARBATA; DAPHNIA GIBBA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; METADIAPTOMUS MERIDIANUS; MOINA BRACHIATA;

EID: 0024249984     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1988.tb00334.x     Document Type: Article

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