Cryptic trophic cascade along a gradient of lake size

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1263-1270

  Tessier, Alan J ^a   Woodruff, Pamela ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia growth bioassay; Indirect effects; Phytoplankton; Species sorting; Trophic compensation; Winterkill; Zooplankton refuge

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; GROWTH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 0000155147     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1263:CTCAAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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