Zooplankton body-size structure and biomass in tropical floodplain lakes: relationship with planktivorous fishes Estrutura de tamanho do corpo e biomassa do zooplâncton em lagos tropicais de planície de inundação: relações com peixes planctívoros

AIM: This study evaluated whether the size structure of the zooplankton community, as analyzed from density and biomass, would be influenced by bottom-up and/or top-down mechanisms in isolated lakes from the Upper Paraná River floodplain during dry and rainy periods. METHODS: zooplankton individuals...

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Main Authors: Claudia Costa Bonecker, Fábio de Azevedo, Nadson Ressyé Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2011-09-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2011000300001