Large suprabenthic Daphnia middendorffiana from an Alpine Lake in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-424

  Wilhelm, Frank M ^a   Hardie, Alistair K ^b   McNaught, A Scott ^c   Clare, Shari L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Biology Department Central Michigan University ^*  (Canada)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alberta; Alpine lakes; Canada; Cladocera; Daphnia middendorffiana; Stable nitrogen isotope ratios 15N; Suprabenthic

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; LAKE; SAMPLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; PIPIT LAKE;

ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA; HESPERODIAPTOMUS;

EID: 0032447556     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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