Structure changes in a planktonic food web: Biotic and abiotic controls

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-222

  Medina Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^a   Villar Argaiz, Manuel ^a   Sánchez Castillo, Pedro ^a   Cruz Pizarro, Luis ^a   Carrillo, Presentación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food web; Seasonal and interannual variations; Taxonomic structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 17544390449     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.1999.213     Document Type: Article

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