Differential responses of littoral communities to ultraviolet radiation in an alpine lake

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 223-237

  Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a,b   Leavitt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal pigments; Alpine lake; Canada; Epilithon; Epipelon; Littoral food web; Phytoplankton; Rocky Mountains; Ultraviolet radiation; Zoobenthos; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LAKE; PLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; EPILITHON; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HESPERODIAPTOMUS; HESPERODIAPTOMUS ARCTICUS; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0032946570     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0223:DROLCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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