Zooplankton partitioning in a tropical alkaline-saline endorheic Lake Nakuru, Kenya: Spatial and temporal trends in relation to the environment

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-47

  Oyoo Okoth, Elijah ^a,b   Muchiri, Mucai ^a   Ngugi, Charles C ^a   Njenga, Elizabeth W ^a   Ngure, Veronica ^a   Orina, Paul S ^a,c   Chemoiwa, Emily C ^a   Wanjohi, Bernard K ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Alkaline saline lake; Ciliates; Niche partitioning; Rotifers; Tropical limnology; Zooplankton composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALKALINE WATER; CILIATE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARTITIONING; SALINE LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

KENYA; LAKE NAKURU; RIFT VALLEY;

BRACHIONUS DIMIDIATUS; CILIOPHORA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79955012748     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2011.00461.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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