Scaling food chains in aquatic mesocosms: Do the effects of depth override the effects of planktivory?

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-65

  Bertolo, Andrea ^a   Lacroix, Gérard ^a   Lescher Moutoué, Françoise ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Depth; Enclosure; Grazing; Scale; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPTH; FOOD CHAIN; PLANKTIVORY; SCALE EFFECT;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032741084     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050907     Document Type: Article

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