The feeding ecology of the cyclopoid copepod Diacyclops thomasi in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-381

  LeBlanc, Jennifer S ^a   Taylor, William D ^a   Johannsson, Ora E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copepod; Crustacean; Diacyclops thomasi; Food webs; Lake Ontario; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DIET; DINOFLAGELLATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; PROTOZOA;

CANADA; LAKE ONTARIO; ONTARIO;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIACYCLOPS; DIACYCLOPS THOMASI; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM HELVETICUM; HELIOZOA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030819939     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(97)70919-5     Document Type: Article

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