Zooplankton food limitation and grazing impact in a eutrophic brackish-water tropical pond (Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 390, Issue , 1998, Pages 83-98

  Pagano, Marc ^a   Saint Jean, Lucien ^a   Arfi, Robert ^a   Bouvy, Marc ^b   Guiral, Daniel ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Coulter counter; Cyclopids; Gut fluorescence; Rotifers; Selectivity; Seston; Size structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; GRAZING; GUT FLUORESCENCE; WEST AFRICA;

BRACKISH WATER; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0032459854     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003561821745     Document Type: Article

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