Long-term changes in benthic Cladocera populations in Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Einarsson, Árni ^a   Björk Örnólfsdóttir, Erla ^b  

^a Myvatn Research Station   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Activity traps; Chydoridae; Crustacea; Macrothricidae; Monitoring; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; LAKE MYVATN;

ACROPERUS; ACROPERUS HARPAE; ALONA AFFINIS; ALONA QUADRANGULARIS; ALONA RECTANGULA; ALONELLA; ALONELLA NANA; ANIMALIA; CHYDORIDAE; CHYDORUS; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; EURYCERCUS; EURYCERCUS LAMELLATUS; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MACROTRICHIDAE; TANYTARSUS; TANYTARSUS GRACILENTUS;

EID: 3042801873     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000032060.29256.95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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