Effects of pH and predation by Chaoborus larvae on the plankton of a shallow and acidic forest lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1913-1926

  Irfanullah, Haseeb Md ^a,b   Moss, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bangladesh Country Office   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acid lakes; Daphnia; Dictyosphaerium pulchellum; Eutrophication; Unusual

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHESHIRE; DELAMERE LAKE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALONA GUTTATA; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DAPHNIIDAE; DICTYOSPHAERIUM PULCHELLUM; INVERTEBRATA; KERATELLA QUADRATA; ROTIFERA; SCAPHOLEBERIS MUCRONATA;

EID: 33644520378     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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