Grazing by large river zooplankton: A key to summer potamoplankton decline? The case of the Meuse and Moselle rivers in 1994 and 1995

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 1998, Pages 199-216

  Gosselain, Véronique ^a   Descy, Jean Pierre ^a   Viroux, Laurent ^a   Joaquim Justo, Célia ^b   Hammer, Astrid ^c   Métens, Arnaud ^a   Schweitzer, Sabine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

European rivers; In situ grazing; Plankton interactions; Potamoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANKTON; RIVER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; MOSELLE RIVER;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 7344234236     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2668-9_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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