Feeding dynamics of the copepod Diacyclops thomasi before, during and following filamentous cyanobacteria blooms in a large, shallow temperate lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 705, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-118

  Rollwagen Bollens, Gretchen ^a   Bollens, Stephen M ^a   Gonzalez, Alejandro ^a   Zimmerman, Julie ^a   Lee, Tammy ^a   Emerson, Josh ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod grazing; Cyanobacteria bloom; Diacyclops thomasi; Harmful algae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMASS; CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; TAXONOMY; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LAEVIS; DAPHNIA RETROCURVA; DIACYCLOPS THOMASI; DINOPHYCEAE; EUBOSMINA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84873986175     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1385-5     Document Type: Article

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