Impact of environment on the spatio-temporal distribution of Rotifers in the Tidal Guangzhou segment of the Pearl river Estuary, China

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 688-705

  Wang, Qing ^a   Yang, Yufeng ^a   Chen, Jufang ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Residence time; River flow; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 73249130157     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811122     Document Type: Article

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