Study of zooplankton emergence pattern and resting egg diversity of recently dried waterbodies in North Maharashtra Region

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-356

  Gaikwad, S R ^a   Ingle, K N ^a   Thorat, S R ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Egg bank; Pond ecosystem; Zooplankton; Zooplankton diversity

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EGG; EGG BANK; EMERGENCE; POND; PROTIST; RESTING STAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLADOCERA; COPEPOD; CRUSTACEA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDIA; LECANE; LECANE BULLA; LECANE CURVICORNIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; ROTIFERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL EGG BANK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HEXARTHRA; LECANE; LECANE BULLA; LECANE CURVICORNIS; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA; TESTUDINELLA;

EID: 45149100900     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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