Rotifer responses to increased acidity: Long-term patterns during the experimental manipulation of Little Rock Lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 141-152

  Frost, Thomas M ^a   Montz, Pamela K ^a   Gonzalez, Maria J ^a,b   Sanderson, Beth L ^a   Arnott, Shelley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Community; Little Rock Lake; Rotifera; Whole lake experiments; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LITTLE ROCK LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ASPLANCHNA PRIODONTA; KELLICOSTIA LONGISPINA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; KERATELLA TAUROCEPHALA; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA;

EID: 4244207771     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017055307027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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