A comparison of zooplankton densities and biomass in Lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv (Estonia): Rotifers and crustaceans versus ciliates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 599, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-159

  Zingel, Priit ^a   Haberman, Juta ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ciliates; Densities; Detrital and planktonic food chain; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; FILTRATION; LAKES;

CILIATES; DETRITAL AND PLANKTONIC FOOD CHAIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS; CILIATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE PEIPSI; LAKE VORTSJARV; NORTHERN EUROPE;

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; OLIGOTRICHS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 38849139764     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9186-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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