Trophic cascades and compensation: Differential responses of microzooplankton in whole-lake experiments

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 138-152

  Pace, Michael L ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^a   Carpenter, Stkphkn R ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Daphnia; Ecosystem experiments; Flagellates; Lakes; Rotifers; Trophic cascades; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ROTIFERA;

EID: 0031656683     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0138:TCACDR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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