Chlorophyll-a concentrations and macroinvertebrate declines coincide with the collapse of overwintering diving duck populations in a large eutrophic lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-256

  Tománková, Irena ^a   Harrod, Chris ^a,b,c   Fox, Anthony D ^d   Reid, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Ecological shifts; Food availability; Lough Neagh; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AYTHYA; GLYPTOTENDIPES; PISCES; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 84891632661     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12261     Document Type: Article

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