Daphnia dominance and zooplankton community structure in fishless ponds

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 799-810

  Steiner, Christopher F ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DIPTERA; PULEX;

EID: 3242656542     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh067     Document Type: Article

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