Fish and nutrient enrichment effects on rotifers in a Mediterranean shallow lake: A mesocosm experiment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-94

  Miracle, M R ^a   Alfonso, M T ^a   Vicente, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Eutrophication; Fish predation; Food webs; Macrophytes; Planktonic rotifers; Plant associated rotifers; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH PREDATION; FOOD WEBS; MACROPHYTES; PLANKTONIC ROTIFERS; PLANT ASSOCIATED ROTIFERS; SHALLOW LAKES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANKTON; PREDATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANURAEOPSIS; CHARA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYCLOPOIDA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; HEXARTHRA; LECANE NANA; ROTIFERA; TRICHOCERCA;

EID: 34548442084     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9071-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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