Morphology and ecology of daphnia middendorffiana, fisher 1851 (crustacea, daphniidae) from four new populations in the alps

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Tiberti, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine lake; Gran paradiso national park; Introduced fish; Isolated population; References; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW RECORD; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALPS; GRAN PARADISO NATIONAL PARK; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 79959407270     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3274/JL11-70-2-06     Document Type: Article

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