Cladoceran periodicity patterns in relation to selected environmental factors in two cascading warm-water reservoirs over a decade

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 526, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 99-117

  Hart, Rob C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

asexual and sexual reproduction; community structure; contrasting life history patterns; long term data; quasi sub tropical reservoirs; seasonal dynamics; species association

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; MONOMICTIC RESERVOIRS; POPULATION DENSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOSMINA; CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA RETICULATA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LAEVIS; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DIAPHANOSOMA; DIAPHANOSOMA EXCISUM; MICRURA; MOINA; MOINA MICRURA; PULEX;

EID: 4544344779     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000041610.56021.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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