Behavioral response as a predictor of seasonal depth distribution and vertical niche separation in freshwater phytoplanktonic flagellates

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 441-455

  Clegg, Mark R ^a,b,c   Maberly, Stephen C ^a   Jones, Roger I ^b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CERATIUM FURCOIDES; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DINOBRYON SERTULARIA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PLAGIOSELMIS NANNOPLANCTICA;

EID: 34250893126     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.1.0441     Document Type: Article

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