Seasonal zooplankton dynamics in main channel and backwater habitats of the Upper Mississippi River

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 667, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-87

  Burdis, Robert M ^a   Hoxmeier, R John H ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Backwaters; Cladocerans; Large floodplain river; Mississippi River; Rotifers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BACKWATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; MACROPHYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 79953719036     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0639-y     Document Type: Article

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