Community structure and composition of microfaunal egg bank assemblages in riverine and floodplain sediments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 661, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-221

  Ning, Nathan S P ^a,b   Nielsen, Daryl L ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dormancy; Microcrustaceans; Rotifers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DORMANCY; EGG BANK; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; RESTING STAGE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT CORE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 79959779196     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0525-z     Document Type: Article

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