JPR Advance Access originally published online on February 6, 2009
Journal of Plankton Research 2009 31(5):571-576; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbp004
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Does Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda) control the population growth of Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera) in the brackish water Darß–Zingst Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)?
Institute of Biosciences/Aquatic Ecology, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
* CORRESPONDING AUTHOR martin.feike{at}uni-rostock.de
Received on July 2, 2008; accepted on January 8, 2009
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Laboratory experiments and long-term zooplankton monitoring data suggest a possible suppression of the population growth of the rotifer Keratella cochlearis f. tecta by predation by the copepod Eurytemora affinis.
Corresponding editor: John Dolan