Population dynamics of Chaoborus flavicans and Daphnia spp.: Effects on a zooplankton community in a volcanic eutrophic lake with naturally high metal concentrations (L. Monticchio Grande, Southern Italy)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Leoni, Barbara ^a   Garibaldi, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metal inhibition; Predator prey system; Volcanic lake; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; METAL; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIA PULEX; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649511896     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.37     Document Type: Article

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