Hydrochemical fluctuations and crustacean community composition in an ephemeral saline lake (Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi Botswana)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 596, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-46

  McCulloch, Graham Paul ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a   Eckardt, Frank D ^b   Bryant, Rob ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionic composition; Makgadikgadi; Saline lake; Salinity; Species richness; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HYDROCHEMICAL FLUCTUATIONS; IONIC COMPOSITION; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; EPHEMERAL LAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINE LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUA PAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRANCHINELLA SPINOSA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRIDOPSIS; LEPTESTHERIA; LIMNOCYTHERE; METADIAPTOMUS; MOINA BELLI; OSTRACODA; POTAMOCYPRIS;

EID: 37749010649     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9055-8     Document Type: Article

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