Ciliate vertical distribution and diel vertical migration in a eutrophic lake

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Rossberg, Marcelo ^a   Wickham, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

DVM; Gravel pit lake; Heterotrophic ciliate community

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CILIATE; DIEL MIGRATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINE RIVER;

ALGAE; CHAOBORUS; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 44849120441     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0001     Document Type: Article

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