Zooplankton contribution to the particulate N and P in Lake Kinneret, Israel, under changing water levels

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 655, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-135

  Rachamim, Tamar ^a,b   Stambler, Noga ^a   Zohary, Tamar ^b   Berman Frank, Ilana ^a   Gal, Gideon ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cladoceran; Copepod; N content; P content; Stoichiometry; Zooplankton N:P

Indexed keywords

CLADOCERAN; COPEPOD; N-CONTENT; P-CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON N:P;

STOICHIOMETRY; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

CRUSTACEAN; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 77957127822     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0413-6     Document Type: Article

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