The response of zooplankton assemblages to variations in the water quality of four man-made lakes in semi-arid northeastern Brazil

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 699-708

  Sousa, Wanessa ^a   Attayde, José Luiz ^a   Rocha, Elinez Da Silva ^a   Eskinazi Sant'Anna, Eneida Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MANMADE STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SILTATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARGYRODIAPTOMUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; HEXARTHRA MIRA; KERATELLA TROPICA; THERMOCYCLOPS;

EID: 44649105334     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn032     Document Type: Article

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