Macrophyte architecture affects the abundance and diversity of littoral microfauna

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-287

  Lucena Moya, Paloma ^a   Duggan, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Artificial macrophytes; Complexity levels; New Zealand; Rotifers; Species richness; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPLEXITY; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW ZEALAND;

COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79953738057     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-011-9353-0     Document Type: Article

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