The influence of year-to-year variations in winter weather on the dynamics of Daphnia and Eudiaptomus in Esthwaite Water, Cumbria

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 45-54

  George, D G ^a   Hewitt, D P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daphnia, Eudiaptomus; North Atlantic Oscillation; Population dynamics; Winter weather

Indexed keywords

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLAND(CUMBRIA); ESTHWAITHE WATER; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; EUDIAPTOMUS;

EID: 0032766923     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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