The nutritional status of zooplankton in a tropical reservoir: effects of food quality and community structure

The temporal variability of energetic reserves of zooplankton in the eutrophic Pampulha reservoir was investigated during two successive annual cycles. The effects of dominance of large filter-feeding cladocerans (Daphnia) and the occurrence of massive blooms of the cyanobacteria Microcystis on the...

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Main Authors: R. M. Pinto-Coelho, A. Giani, C. A. Morais-Jr., E. R. Carvalho-Jr., J. F. Bezerra-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842005000200016&lng=en&tlng=en