Effects of aquatic insect predators on zooplankton in fishless ponds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Herwig, Brian R ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic insects; daphnids; diel vertical migration; size selective predation; whole lake experiment; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHLESS POND; INSECT PREDATOR; PREDATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0029660237     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018175     Document Type: Article

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