Dynamics of the planktonic food web in Colgada Lake (Lagunas de Ruidera Natural Park)

Limnetica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-264

  Rojo, Carmen ^a   Rodrigo, María A ^a   Barón Rodríguez, M Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autotrophic picoplankton; Bacterioplankton; Ciliates; Cladocerans; Copepods; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL LOOP; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ZOOPLANKTON;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; COLGADA LAKE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAGUNAS DE RUIDERA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOPOIDA; DINOPHYCEAE; ROTIFERA;

EID: 38949092531     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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