Morphology and ecology of a group of small, pelagic, tropical Tropocyclops (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopoida), with the description of a new species from South China

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-275

  Dumont, H J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecology; Taxonomy; Tropical lakes; Tropocylops; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LAKE PETEN ITZA; LAKE TANGANYIKA; LIUXI RESERVOIR; PETEN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; TROPOCYCLOPS;

EID: 33845933377     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006027     Document Type: Article

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