Meiofauna of the profundal zone of the northern part of Lake Ladoga as an indicator of pollution

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 322, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 29-38

  Särkkä, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lake Ladoga; meiofauna; pollution; profundal zone

Indexed keywords

AMPHICHAETA; AMPHICHAETA LEYDIGII; ANNELIDA; CANTHOCAMPTUS STAPHYLINUS; CLADOCERA; DERO DIGITATA; EUCYCLOPINAE; EUCYCLOPS SERRULATUS; LADOGA; LUMBRICULIDAE; NAIDIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; AEOLOSOMATIDAE; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA;

BIOINDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; MEIOFAUNA; POLLUTION; PROFUNDAL ZONE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, LAKE LADOGA;

EID: 0029660223     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00031802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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