Seasonal and spatial variation in zooplankton community structure and their relation to possible controlling variables in Lake Okeechobee

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Beaver, John R ^a   Havens, Karl E ^b  

^a BSA Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

USA, FLORIDA, LAKE OKEECHOBEE;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030304338     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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