Zooplankton of fishless ponds of Northern Patagonia: Insights into predation effects of Mesostoma ehrenbergii

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-327

  Trochine, Carolina ^a   Balseiro, Esteban G ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz E ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calanoid copepods; Fishless lakes; Predator prey interaction; Size spectra; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FISH; LAKES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATWORM; POND; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; ZOOPLANKTON;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOECKELLA; CALANOIDA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; MESOSTOMA (FLATWORM); MESOSTOMA EHRENBERGII; PARABROTEAS SARSI; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 54549110026     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200711011     Document Type: Article

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