Temporal trends of phytoplankton and zooplankton stable isotope composition in tropical Lake Malawi

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Ngochera, Maxon J ^a   Bootsma, Harvey A ^b  

^a Senga Bay Fisheries Research Center   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Lake Malawi; Phytoplankton; Stable isotopes; Tropical; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; FISH PRODUCTION; FOOD WEBS; MEAN VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; N CYCLING; N VALUE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHORT TERM; SIZE CLASS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC POSITION; TROPICAL; TROPICAL LAKES; VERTICAL MIXING; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES;

ALGAE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPICS;

LAKES;

FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTOZOAN; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL REGION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

CALANOIDA; CYCLOPOIDA; MESOCYCLOPS AEQUATORIALIS; PROTOZOA; TROPODIAPTOMUS CUNNINGTONI;

EID: 79952709879     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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