A study of rotifers in the River Thames, England, April-October, 1996

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 251-257

  May, Linda ^a   Bass, Jonathan A B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; River Thames; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SAMPLING BIAS;

THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; EUCHLANIS DILATATA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; KERATELLA QUADRATA; POLYARTHRA DOLICHOPTERA; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA OBLONGA;

EID: 6544229214     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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