Resting egg banks can facilitate recovery of zooplankton communities after extended exposure to saline conditions

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1306-1314

  Nielsen, Daryl L ^a   Smith, Danielle ^a   Petrie, Rochelle ^a  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg banks; Microcrustaceans; Rotifers; Salinity; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ROTIFERA;

EID: 84860440228     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02782.x     Document Type: Article

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