Impact of environmental variables and food availability on rotifer assemblage in the karstic barrage Lake Visovac (Krka River, Croatia)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 555-579

  Špoljar, Maria ^a   Habdija, Ivan ^a   Primc Habdija, Biserka ^a   Sipos, Laszlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Karstic riverine lake; Macrofilter feeder rotifer; Microfilter feeder rotifer; Rotifer density and diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SELECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VISOVAC LAKE;

GASTROPUS STYLIFER; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA TREMULA; TRICHOCERCA BIROSTRIS;

EID: 29844457989     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510791     Document Type: Article

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