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Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in the limnetic zooplankton community of Lake Mead

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Title Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in the limnetic zooplankton community of Lake Mead
Creator Wilde, Gene Robert
Description 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...
Date 1984-05-01T07:00:00Z
Type thesis
Format application/pdf
Identifier https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/36 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/context/water_pubs/article/1041/viewcontent/GRWildeZooplanktonLakeMead_05_1984.pdf
Source Publications (WR)
Language English
Publisher Digital Scholarship@UNLV
Subject Aquatic ecology Chlorophyll Environmental quality Freshwater fishes Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Ariz. and Nev.) Limnology Plankton Phytoplankton Zooplankton Aquaculture and Fisheries Biology 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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