Aspects of the feeding ecology of turbid water zooplankton. In situ studies of community filtration rates in silt-laden Lake le Roux, Orange River, South Africa

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 401-426

  Hart, R C ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 33749510129     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/8.3.401     Document Type: Article

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