Experimental evidence of a low-oxygen refuge for large zooplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1682-1688

  Larsson, Petter ^a   Lampert, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; HYPOXIA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAYER; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; OXYGEN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGIUM; SATURATION; TRADE-OFF; ZOOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; PULICARIA;

EID: 79960961724     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1682     Document Type: Article

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