Stoichiometric constraints on food-web dynamics: A whole-lake experiment on the Canadian Shield

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 120-136

  Elser, James J ^a   Chrzanowski, Thomas H ^b   Sterner, Robert W ^c   Mills, Kenneth H ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cascading trophic interactions; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecosystem experimentation; Food quality; Food webs; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Plankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000960249     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900009     Document Type: Article

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