Plankton dynamics in a dead arm of the River Waal: A comparison with the main channel

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1997-2007

  Spaink, Pepijn Abbink ^a   Ietswaart, Thomas ^a   Roijackers, Rudi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; PLANKTON; RIVER SYSTEM;

NETHERLANDS; WAAL RIVER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; DIAPHANOSOMA BRACHYURUM; MORUM; PANDORINA MORUM; ROTIFERA; SKELETONEMA POTAMOS; SKELETONEMA SUBSALSUM;

EID: 0031791852     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.10.1997     Document Type: Article

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