Habitat selection and diel distribution of the crustacean zooplankton from a shallow Mediterranean lake during the turbid and clear water phases

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-433

  Castro, Bruno B ^a   Marques, Sérgio M ^a   Goncalves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Freshwater zooplankton; Migration; Patchiness; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIEL MIGRATION; DIEL VARIATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; PATCHINESS; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VELA LAKE;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ALBA;

EID: 33846894961     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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