Food web structure in the shallow eutrophic Lake Võrtsjärv (Estonia)

Limnologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-128

  Nõges, Tiina ^a,b,c   Nõges, Peeter ^a,b   Haberman, Juta ^a   Kisand, Veljo ^a,b   Kangur, Külli ^a   Kangur, Andu ^a   Järvalt, Ain ^a  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Limnological Station   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON BALANCE; FOOD WEB; MACROZOOBENTHOS; METAZOOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ESTONIA, LAKE VORTSJARV;

EID: 0031925934     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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