Carbon flow dynamics in the pelagic community of the Sau Reservoir (Catalonia, NE Spain)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 504, Issue , 2003, Pages 87-98

  Comerma, M ^a   Garcia J C ^d   Romero, M ^a   Armengol, J ^a   Simek K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d Faculty of Biology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon flow; Longitudinal gradients; Microbial food web; Plankton; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS;

ZOOPLANKTON DENSITY;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; RESERVOIR;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SAU RESERVOIR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0345832131     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008511.45153.aa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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