Plankton abundance and dynamics across nutrient levels: Tests of hypotheses

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1339-1356

  Murdoch, W W ^a   Nisbet, R M ^a   McCauley, E ^b   DeRoos, A M ^c   Gurney, W S C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Freshwater; Models; Paradox of enrichment; Plankton; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031819602     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1339:PAADAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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