Direct and indirect effects of juvenile Buenoa macrotibialis (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) on the zooplankton of a shallow pond

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1006-1012

  Hampton, Stephanie E ^a   Gilbert, John J ^a   Burns, Carolyn W ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BUENOA MACROTIBIALIS; COPEPODA; HETEROPTERA; HEXARTHRA MIRA; NOTONECTIDAE; ROTIFERA; TROPOCYCLOPS EXTENSUS;

EID: 0034045289     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.4.1006     Document Type: Article

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