Evaluation of a new technique for characterizing resting stage zooplankton assemblages in riverine slackwater habitats and floodplain wetlands

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-422

  Ning, Nathan S P ^a,b   Nielsen, Daryl L ^b   Hillman, Terry J ^a   Suter, Phil J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL MAT; RESTING STAGE; RIVER; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 52449125042     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn015     Document Type: Article

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