Response of zooplankton to improving water quality in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Mialet, B ^a,b   Gouzou, J ^a,b   Azemar F ^a,b   Maris, T ^c   Sossou, C ^a,b   Toumi, N ^a,b   Van Damme, S ^c   Meire, P ^c   Tackx, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Restoration; Scheldt; Spatio temporal distribution; Water pollution; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRACKISH WATER; CHLORIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; OXYGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM; WESTERSCHELDE;

CALANOIDA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA;

EID: 79955953126     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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