Ecological relations and temporal changes in the pelagial of the high mountain lakes in the Rila Mountains (Bulgaria)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-100

  Kalchev, Roumen ^a   Botev, Ivan ^a   Hristozova, Milena ^a   Naidenow, Wesselin ^c   Raikova Petrova, Galerida ^b   Stoyneva, Maya ^b   Temniskova Topalova, Dobrina ^b   Trichkova, Teodora ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Phytoplankton; Water chemistry; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; RILA MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3543099800     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2004.90     Document Type: Article

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