Population dynamics of planktonic rotifers in Lake Loosdrecht, the Netherlands, in relation to their potential food and predators

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-97

  Ooms Wilms, A L ^a,b   Postema, G ^a   Gulati, R D ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Province of North Holland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anuraeopsis fissa; Birth rate; Egg ratio; Filinia longiseta; Growth rate; Keratella cochlearis

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

LAKE LOOSDRECHT; NETHERLANDS;

ANURAEOPSIS FISSA; FILINIA LONGISETA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; POLYARTHRA;

EID: 0032818512     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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