Grazing by a river zooplankton community: Importance of microzooplankton

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1025-1036

  Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Gibbs, Philip ^a,c   Dixon, Patricia I ^d   Shiel, Russell J ^e  

^a AWT EnSight   (Australia)

^b NSW Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

^c NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING; GRAZING RATE; RIVER; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030301081     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9961025     Document Type: Article

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