On body size and habitat selection in rotifers in a macrophye-dominated lake Budzyńskie, Poland

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-454

  Natalia, Kuczyńska Kippen ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body size; Macrophyte habitat; Rotifera; Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HABITAT SELECTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; OPEN WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE BUDZYNSKIE; POLAND; WIELKOPOLSKIE;

CHARA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM; POLYARTHRA VULGARIS; POTAMOGETON; ROTIFERA; TRICHOCERCA SIMILIS; TYPHA;

EID: 28444485669     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-005-9003-5     Document Type: Article

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