Seasonal effects of variable recruitment of a dominant piscivore on pelagic food web structure

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 722-729

  Post, David M ^a,c   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Christensen, David L ^a   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,d   Kitchell, James F ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a,e   Hodgson, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0030808782     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.4.0722     Document Type: Article

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