Macrozooplankton communities in Lake Tanganyika indicate food chain differences between the northern part and the main basins

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 407, Issue , 1999, Pages 123-129

  Kurki, H ^a,d   Mannini, P ^a   Vuorinen, I ^b   Aro, E ^c   Molsa H ^d   Lindqvist, O V ^d  

^a Lake Tanganyika Research   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fish zooplankton interaction; Lake Tanganyika; Lates stappersii; Limnocnida tanganyicae; Palaemon moorei

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD CHAIN; MIXING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033565037     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003745716238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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