The benthic community in the profundal of Lake Brunnsee: Seasonal and spatial patterns

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-554

  Bergtold, Matthias ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Benthos; Protozoa; Season; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; GASTROTRICHA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 9344240781     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0160-0527     Document Type: Article

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