Interactions among size-structured populations in a whole-lake experiment: Size- and scale-dependent processes

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-156

  Persson, Lennart ^a   Byström, Pär ^a   Wahlström, Eva ^a   Andersson, Jens ^a   Hjelm, Joakim ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKE; SIZE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 0032739045     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547005     Document Type: Article

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