Community structure and diel migration of zooplankton in shallow brackish lakes: Role of salinity and predators

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-229

  Jensen, Elisabeth ^a   Brucet, Sandra ^a,b   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,c   Nathansen, Louise ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Community structure; Migration patterns; Salinity; Shallow brackish lakes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH LAKES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIEL MIGRATION; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; FRESH WATER LAKES; HIGH DENSITY; LITTORAL ZONE; LOW SALINITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROPHYTES; MIGRATION PATTERNS; OPEN WATER; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; SHALLOW LAKES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; SUBMERGED PLANTS;

FISH; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIEL MIGRATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOMASS; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATOR; REFUGE; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 77952012367     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0172-4     Document Type: Article

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