The potential effects of a small Chaoborus species (C. punctipennis) on the zooplankton of a small eutrophic lake

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-31

  Rodusky, Andrew J ^a   Havens, Karl E ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS PUNCTIPENNIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030457439     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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