Benthic resources are the key to Daphnia middendorffiana survival in a high arctic pond

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-551

  Cazzanelli, Matteo ^a   Forsström, Laura ^b   Rautio, Milla ^b   Michelsen, Anders ^c   Christoffersen, Kirsten S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic pond; Benthic algae; Daphnia middendorffiana; Terrestrial carbon; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA;

EID: 84855872917     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02722.x     Document Type: Article

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