Cladoceran community composition in tropical semi-arid highland reservoirs in Tigray (Northern Ethiopia): A metacommunity perspective applied to young reservoirs

Limnologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Dejenie, Tadesse ^a   Declerck, Steven A J ^b,c   Asmelash, Tsehaye ^a   Risch, Sarah ^c   Mergeay, Joachim ^c,d   De Bie, Tom ^c   De Meester, Luc ^c  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Daphnia; Environmental correlates; Metacommunity structure; Reservoirs; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DIAPHANOSOMA;

EID: 84857795823     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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