Determinants of biodiversity in subtropical shallow lakes (Atlantic coast, Uruguay)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2628-2641

  Kruk, Carla ^a,b   RodrÍguez Gallego, Lorena ^a   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,c   Quintans, Federico ^a   Lacerot, Gissell ^a,b   Mazzeo, Néstor ^a   Scasso, Flavio ^d   Paggi, Juan C ^e   Peeters, Edwin T H M ^b   Marten, Scheffer ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Programa de Las Naciones Unidas Para El Desarrollo   (Uruguay)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fish; Lake area; Plankton; Species richness; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449560646     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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