Evaluation of factors related to increased zooplankton biomass and altered species composition following impoundment of a Newfoundland reservoir

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 230-238

  Campbell, Christine E ^a   Knoechel, Roy ^b   Copeman, Douglas ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RESERVOIR; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; CAT ARM LAKE; NEWFOUNDLAND;

CLADOCERA; CYCLOPS SCUTIFER; DAPHNIA CATAWBA; DAPHNIA DUBIA;

EID: 0031957853     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-248     Document Type: Article

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