Large-scale field evidence on the enhancement of small-sized cladocerans by Microcystis blooms in Lake Taihu, China

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 853-863

  Sun, Xiaoxue ^a,b   Tao, Min ^b   Qin, Boqiang ^c   Qi, Min ^a,b   Niu, Yuan ^b   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Ma, Zhimei ^b   Xie, Ping ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

copepods; crustacean zooplankton; Lake Taihu; Microcystis bloom; small cladocerans

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; HETEROGENEITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA CORNUTA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUBOSMINA COREGONI; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84865705670     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs047     Document Type: Article

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