Distribution and faunal richness of Cladocera in western Uganda crater lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 676, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-56

  Rumes, Bob ^a   Eggermont, Hilde ^a,b   Verschuren, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Crustacea; East African Rift Valley; Environmental control; Habitat; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BRACHIOPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRATER LAKE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD WEB; HYDROBIOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; UGANDA;

BRANCHIOPODA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 80255138173     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0829-7     Document Type: Article

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