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Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in the limnetic zooplankton community of Lake Mead
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Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in the limnetic zooplankton community of Lake Mead
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Wilde, Gene Robert
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Zooplankton samples collected from throughout Lake Mead, in 1981-1982, demonstrate the presence of a statistically significant seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in zooplankton densities. Seasonally, the major zooplankton groups were most abundant in the spring and fall, coincident with maxima in chlorophyll-a concentrations. Successions among the various rotifers, cladocerans and copepods present in the reservoir were influenced by food availability, diapause, predation by planktivorous fish...
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1984-05-01
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text
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application/pdf
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http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/36
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=water_pubs |
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Publications (WR)
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Digital Scholarship@UNLV
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Aquatic ecology
Chlorophyll Environmental quality Freshwater fishes Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Ariz. and Nev.) Limnology Plankton Phytoplankton Zooplankton Aquaculture and Fisheries Biology, general Environmental Health and Protection Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Environmental Monitoring Fresh Water Studies Life Sciences Microbiology Natural Resources Management and Policy Sustainability Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology |
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