Positive effects of UV radiation on a calanoid copepod in a transparent lake: Do competition, predation or food availability play a role?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-179

  Cooke, Sandra L ^a   Williamson, Craig E ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPS SCUTIFER; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CATAWBA; LEPTODIAPTOMUS MINUTUS;

EID: 33644918336     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi108     Document Type: Article

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