Ecosystem-level evidence for top-down and bottom-up control of production in a grassland stream system

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Huryn, Alexander D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Food webs; Invertebrates; Predation; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PRODUCTION; STREAM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

GALAXIAS ELDONI; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 0031804502     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050505     Document Type: Article

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