Zooplankton distribution in flowing waters and its implications for sampling: Case studies in the River Meuse (Belgium) and the River Moselle (France, Luxembourg)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1231-1248

  Viroux, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; FRANCE; RIVER; ZOOPLANKTON;

RIVER; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; MOSELLE RIVER;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 0032774306     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.7.1231     Document Type: Article

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