Diversity and structure of the winter rotifer assemblage in a shallow eutrophic northern temperate Lake Võrtsjärv

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 755-764

  Virro, Taavi ^a   Haberman, Juta ^b   Haldna, Marina ^b   Blank, Kätlin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Rotifera; Trophic structure; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE VORTSJARV; NORTHERN EUROPE;

KERATELLA QUADRATA; POLYARTHRA DOLICHOPTERA; RAPTORES; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA; VERRUCOSA;

EID: 70349506971     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9276-1     Document Type: Article

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