Seasonal changes in the rotifer (Rotifera) diversity from a tropical high altitude reservoir (Valle de Bravo, Mexico)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-195

  Contreras, Jorge Jimenez ^a   Sarma, S S S ^a   Merino Ibarra, Martin ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Limnology; Physico chemical variables; Plankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIVERSITY INDEX; EUTROPHICATION; LIMNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VALLE DE BRAVO RESERVOIR;

EID: 61849142088     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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