Temporal and spatial distribution of microcrustacean zooplankton in relation to turbidity and other environmental factors in a large tropical lake (L. Tana, Ethiopia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 39-49

  Dejen, Eshete ^a   Vijverberg, Jacobus ^b   Nagelkerke, Leo A J ^a   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Cladocerans; Copepods; High altitude lakes; Silt load; Tropical limnology

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; TURBIDITY;

SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DIAPHANOSOMA; TANA;

EID: 1842581937     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018163.60503.b8     Document Type: Article

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