Large-amplitude cycles of Daphnia and its algal prey in enriched environments

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6762, 1999, Pages 653-656

  McCauley, Edward ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^b   Murdoch, William W ^b   De Roos, Andre M ^c   Gurney, William S C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; HERBIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 0033540082     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45223     Document Type: Article

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