A comparative analysis of cladoceran communities from different water body types: Patterns in community composition and diversity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-27

  De Bie, Tom ^a   Declerck, Steven ^a   Martens, Koen ^b   De Meester, Luc ^a   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cladoceran; Ditch; Lake; Pond; Pool; Species richness; Stream; Wheel track; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; PONDING;

AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAKE WATER; POND; POOL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37549037797     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9222-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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