Zooplankton of Lake Kivu, East Africa, half a century after the Tanganyika sardine introduction

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 971-989

  Isumbisho, Mwapu ^a,b   Sarmento, Hugo ^b   Kaningini, Boniface ^a   Micha, Jean Claude ^b   Descy, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a ISP/Bukavu   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CRUSTACEAN; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KIVU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; DIAPHANOSOMA EXCISUM; LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON; MESOCYCLOPS AEQUATORIALIS; ROTIFERA; THERMOCYCLOPS; TROPOCYCLOPS;

EID: 33750460573     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl032     Document Type: Article

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