Water residence time as a driving force of zooplankton structure and succession

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-583

  Obertegger, Ulrike ^a,c   Flaim, Giovanna ^a   Braioni, Maria Giovanna ^b   Sommaruga, Ruben ^c   Corradini, Flavio ^a   Borsato, Andrea ^d  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Crustaceans; Hydrology; Lakes; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRUSTACEAN; FOOD LIMITATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 38549090778     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-0924-z     Document Type: Article

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