Effects of experimentally induced cyanobacterial blooms on crustacean zooplankton communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-381

  Ghadouani, Anas ^a,c   Pinel Alloul, Bernadette ^a   Prepas, Ellie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; Daphnia; Enclosure experiments; Eutrophication; Microcystins; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; FLOS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PULICARIA;

EID: 0037312773     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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