Factors affecting seasonal patterns in epilimnion zooplankton community in one of the largest man-made lakes in Africa (Lake Nasser, Egypt)

Limnologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Mageed, Adel Ali A ^a   Heikal, Mahmoud T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

African lakes; Lake Nasser; Physico chemical factors; Turbidity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; LAKE NASSER;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33745577867     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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