Spatial patterns and population dynamics of plant-associated microcrustacea (Cladocera) in an English shallow lake (Little Mere, Cheshire)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-435

  Balayla, D J ^a,b   Moss, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daphnia hyalina; Egg ratios; Plant associated cladocerans; Sida crystallina; Simocephalus vetulus; Water lily beds

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITTLE MERE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CERIODAPHNIA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA HYALINA; LILIUM; NYMPHAEA; SIDA CRYSTALLINA; SIMOCEPHALUS VETULUS;

EID: 1642443942     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000007045.85315.dc     Document Type: Article

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