Phytoplankton and zooplankton associations in a set of Alpine high altitude lakes: Geographic distribution and ecology

Abstract

Species composition and interactions, biomass dominance, geographic distribution and driving variables were investigated for two key elements of the pelagic food web of Alpine lakes, the phytoplankton and the zooplankton, based on a single sampling campa

Keywords

• high altitude lakes
• phytoplankton
• zooplankton
• diversity
• ecology
• distribution