The potamoplankton of the Middle Loire and the role of the 'moving littoral' in downstream transfer of algae and rotifers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 356, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 33-52

  Lair, Nicole ^a   Reyes Marchant, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Local pulse inoculates; Potamoplankton; Rotifers; Storage zones

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAE; BIOMASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POTAMOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION;

FRANCE, LOIRE RIVER;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 0031563566     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003127230386     Document Type: Article

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