The temporal coherence of zooplankton population abundances in neighboring north-temperate lakes

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-58

  Rusak, James A ^a   Yan, Norman D ^b   Somers, Keith M ^b   McQueen, Donald J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Intraclass correlation; Pelagic zooplankton; Population regulation; Temporal coherence

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ZOOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA;

BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; EUBOSMINA; LEPTODIAPTOMUS MINUTUS; MESOCYCLOPS EDAX;

EID: 0033031133     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303147     Document Type: Article

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