Daphnia distribution in Andean Patagonian lakes: Effect of low food quality and fish predation

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-609

  Balseiro, Esteban ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz ^a   Queimaliños, Claudia ^a   Reissig, Mariana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C P ratio; Light climate; Oligotrophic lakes; Planktivory; Predation risk; Stoichiometry; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRUSTACEAN; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTIVORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; STOICHIOMETRY; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANDES; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA COMMUTATA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 35748958457     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9113-3     Document Type: Article

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