The queer Tetraëdron minimum from Lake Kivu (Eastern Africa): Is it a result of a human impact?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 273-283

  Stoyneva, Maya P ^a   Descy, Jean Pierre ^b   Balagué, Vanessa ^c   Compère, Pierre ^d   Leitao, Maria ^e   Sarmento, Hugo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^e Bi Eau   (France)

Author keywords

Akinetes; Grazing; Green algae; Phytoplankton; Tropical lake; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; CLUPEOID; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAZING; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESTING STAGE; SHAPE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KIVU;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CITRUS LIMON; LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON; TETRAEDRON; TETRAEDRON MINIMUM;

EID: 84867017272     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1092-2     Document Type: Article

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