The influence of experimental scale on estimating the predation rate of Gammarus lacustris (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on Daphnia in an alpine lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1719-1734

  Wilhelm, Frank M ^a,c   Schindler, David W ^a   McNaught, A Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUBITAINER; LAKE; MESOCOSM; PREDATION; PREY DENSITY; PREY SELECTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SCALE EFFECT;

AMPHIPODA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HESPERODIAPTOMUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 0033817368     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.9.1719     Document Type: Article

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