The shift to smaller zooplankton in Lake Victoria cannot be attributed to the 'sardine' Rastrineobola argentea (Cyprinidae)

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Wanink, Jan H ^a,b   Katunzi, Egid F B ^c   Goudswaard, Kees P C ^a   Witte, Frans ^a   Van Densen, Wim L T ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Haplochromis Ecology Survey Team (HEST)   (Tanzania)

^c TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic community; Haplochromine Cichlids; Lates niloticus; Tropical lake; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTIVORY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CICHLIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; LATES NILOTICUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036217757     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(01)01145-7     Document Type: Article

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