Effect of salinity on seasonal community patterns of Mediterranean temporary wetland crustaceans: A mesocosm study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1712-1722

  Waterkeyn, Aline ^a,b   Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ^a   Grillas, Patrick ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; EGG; EPHEMERAL POOL; HATCHING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MESOCOSM; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

BRANCHIOPODA; CHYDORIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955650427     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.4.1712     Document Type: Article

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