Zooplankton in the Paran River Floodplain (South America) before and after the Invasion of Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia)

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 695-702

  Molina, Florencia Rojas ^a   De Paggi, Susana José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Exotic species; High water; Low water

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

PARANA RIVER; RIO DE LA PLATA;

BIVALVIA; KERATELLA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MOLLUSCA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77749339870     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-179.1     Document Type: Article

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