Changes in the planktonic food web of a new experimental reservoir

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1088-1102

  Paterson, M J ^a   Findlay, D ^a   Beaty, K ^a   Findlay, W ^a   Schindlet, E U ^a   Stainton, M ^a   McCullough, G ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL RESERVOIR; FOOD WEB; IMPOUNDMENT; PLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA ROSEA;

EID: 0030823848     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-54-5-1088     Document Type: Article

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