A geomorphic-trophic model for landscape control of arctic lake food webs

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 887-897

  Hershey, Anne E ^f   Gettel, Gretchen M ^a   Mcdonald, Michael E ^b   Miller, Michael C ^c   Mooers, Howard ^f   O'Brien, W John ^d   Pastor, John ^f   Richards, Carl ^f   Schuldt, Jeff A ^e  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e Natural Resources Research Institute   (United States)

^f NONE

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EID: 0032746528     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313648     Document Type: Article

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