Population structure and secondary productivity of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Claparede) and Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard in the profundal zone of Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 488, Issue , 2002, Pages 153-161

  Raburu, Phil ^a   Mavuti, Kenneth M ^c   Harper, David M ^b   Clark, Frank L ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Biomass; P B ratios; Tropical lake

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; LAKES;

INVERTEBRATES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOMASS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

KENYA;

ANNELIDA; BRANCHIURA SOWERBYI; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNODRILUS; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0038240596     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023382631822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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