Reproduction as one of the main causes of temporal variability in the elemental composition of zooplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2043-2056

  Ventura, Marc ^a,b   Catalan, Jordi ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYCLOPS ABYSSORUM; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; DIAPTOMUS; DIAPTOMUS CYANEUS;

EID: 28044436720     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.2043     Document Type: Article

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