The Limnotrons: A facility for experimental community and food web research

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 491, Issue , 2003, Pages 357-377

  Verschoor, Antonie M ^a   Takken, Jelger ^a,b   Massieux, Boris ^a   Vijverberg, Jacobus ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Cosm; Food web; Limnotron; Plankton; Power analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS;

LIMNOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FOOD WEB; PLANKTON;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 0038718909     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024444702289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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