Temporal and spatial variation in zooplankton populations in the River Great Ouse: An ephemeral food resource for larval and juvenile fish

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-258

  Bass, J A B ^a   Pinder, L C V ^a   Leach, D V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Copepoda; Lowland river; Marina; Rotifera; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BOSMINA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYPRINIDAE; ROTIFERA;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ZOOPLANKTON;

UK, ENGLAND, GREAT OUSE RIVER;

EID: 0031444968     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199705)13:3<245::aid-rrr452>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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