Effects of nutrients and planktivorous fish on the phytoplankton of shallow and deep aquatic systems

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1556-1572

  Proulx, M ^a,b   Pick, F R ^a   Mazumder, A ^b   Hamilton, P B ^c   Lean, D R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal biomass; Biomanipulation; Chlorophyta; Community structure; Cyanobacteria; Daphnia; Lake enclosures; Mean depth; Nutrients; Planktivorous fish; Pyrrophyta; Size distribution; Thermal stratification; Trophic interactions; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORY;

PHOXINUS;

EID: 0030433325     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265551     Document Type: Article

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