Larger zooplankton in Danish lakes after cold winters: Are winter fish kills of importance?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-172

  Balayla, D ^a   Lauridsen, T L ^a   Sondergaard M ^a   Jeppesen, E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body size; Cladocerans; Climate change; Winter fish kills; Zooplankton community structure; Zooplankton:phytoplankton ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY SIZES; FISH KILLS; WINTER FISH KILLS; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; LAKES; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

FISH;

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FOOD WEB; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; ICE COVER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURVIVAL; TURBIDITY; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

DENMARK;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77952012004     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0164-4     Document Type: Article

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