Temporal changes in periphytic meiofauna in lakes of different trophic states

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 216-227

  Schroeder, Fabian ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a   Pettersson, Kurt ^b   Peters, Lars ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilithon; Lake Erken; Meiofaunal production; Nematodes; Seasonal succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPILITHON; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

LAKE ERKEN; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864377810     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e23     Document Type: Article

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