Nutrient recycling and herbivory as mechanisms in the "top-down" effect of fish on algae in lakes

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-40

  Vanni, Michael J ^a   Layne, Craig D ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Community dynamics; Fish; Food webs; Herbivory; Lakes; Nitrogen; Nutrient excretion; Nutrient recycling; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Top down effects; Trophic cascade; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FISH; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

USA, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY LAKE;

EID: 0030738843     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0021:NRAHAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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