Zooplankton, phytoplankton and the microbial food web in two turbid and two clearwater shallow lakes in Belgium

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-150

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a   Declerck, Steven ^b   Geenens, Vanessa ^a   Van Wichelen, Jeroen ^a   Degans, Hanne ^b   Vandekerkhove, Jochen ^b   Van Der Gucht, Katleen ^a   Vloemans, Nele ^a   Rommens, Wouter ^b   Rejas, Danny ^b,d   Urrutia, Roberto ^a,e   Sabbe, Koen ^a   Gillis, Moniek ^a   Decleer, Kris ^c   De Meester, Luc ^b   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Biomanipulation; Eutrophic shallow lakes; Macrophytes; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA;

EID: 0037671562     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023988702926     Document Type: Article

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