The role of predation in controlling the succession of the two Bosmina species in Lake Suwa

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-123

  Chang, Kwang Hyeon ^a   Hanazato, Takayuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bosmina; Cyclomorphosis; Invertebrate predation; Lake Suwa

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; SUCCESSION;

JAPAN;

BOSMINA; BOSMINA FATALIS; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTODORA KINDTII; MESOCYCLOPS;

EID: 0142198319     PISSN: 03878961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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