Submerged macrophytes as refuges for grazing Cladocera against fish predation: Observations on seasonal changes in relation to macrophyte cover and predation pressure

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 342-343, Issue , 1997, Pages 229-240

  Stansfield, Julia H ^a   Perrow, Martin R ^b   Tench, Louise D ^a   Jowitt, Adrian J D ^b   Taylor, Ayesha A L ^a  

^a National Rivers Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake restoration; Macrophyte; Predator prey interactions; Refugia; Zooplanktivorous fish; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CERIODAPHNIA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; SIMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 8544240111     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5648-6_25     Document Type: Article

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