Trophic interactions in shallow lakes of the Pampa plain (Argentina) and their effects on water transparency during two cold seasons of contrasting fish abundance

Limnetica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-246

  Sosnovsky, Alejandro ^a   José Rosso, Juan ^b   Quirós, Rolando ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Hypertrophic small lakes; Turbid and clear lakes; Whole lake studies; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; FISH; HYDROLOGY; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPARENCY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

EID: 79952047431     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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