Size-dependent habitat choice in Daphnia galeata Sars and size-structured interactions among zooplankton in a subarctic lake (lake Lombola, Norway)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-122

  Primicerio, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Daphnia; Habitat choice; Oligotrophic lake; Predation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORWAY;

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPS; CYCLOPS SCUTIFER; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; KERATELLA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA;

EID: 0038347482     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023942931825     Document Type: Article

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