Diversity, dispersal and disturbance: Cladoceran species composition in the Okavango Delta

African Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-35

  Lindholm, Markus ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^b   Romberg, Lars ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Dispersal; Egg bank; Intermediate disturbance; Okavango Delta

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DELTA; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREND ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CLADOCERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67651215401     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.044.0103     Document Type: Article

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