Impact of Chaoborus flavicans-predation on the zooplankton in a Mesotrophic Lake - A three year study

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-208

  Jäger, Ines S ^a   Hölker, Franz ^a   Flöder, Sabine ^a   Walz, Norbert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Consumption; Invertebrate predation; Selectivity; Top down

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; FLY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; SEASONALITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRANDENBURG; GERMANY;

BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; COPEPODA; DAPHNIIDAE; EUBOSMINA COREGONI; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79956051917     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201011253     Document Type: Article

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