Impact of turbulence on riverine zooplankton: A mesocosm experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1999-2010

  Sluss, Tamara D ^a   Cobbs, Gary A ^b   Thorp, James H ^c  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Copepods; Current velocity; Ohio River; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

BRACHIONUS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; KERATELLA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 51249100196     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02023.x     Document Type: Article

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