Impact of a flood event on the planktonic food web of the Schelde estuary (Belgium) in spring 1998

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 385-394

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Freshet; Freshwater tidal estuary; Microbial food web; Phytoplankton; River; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER RESOURCES;

FRESHET; FRESHWATER TIDAL ESTUARIES; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

FLOODS;

DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; FOOD WEB; PLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 32144461942     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1081-9     Document Type: Article

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