"Top-down" trophic interactions in lakes: Effects of fish on nutrient dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Vanni, Michael J ^a   Layne, Craig D ^a,b   Arnott, Shelley E ^a,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Food webs; Lakes; Nitrogen; Nutrient budget; Nutrient recycling; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Sedimentation; Stoichiometry; Top down effects; Trophic cascade; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

USA, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY LAKE;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; HOLOPEDIUM; PHOXINUS EOS;

EID: 0030839187     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0001:TDTIIL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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