Pelagic C:N:P stoichiometry in a eutrophied lake: Responses to a whole-lake food-web manipulation

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-307

  Elser, James J ^a   Sterner, Robert W ^b   Galford, Amy E ^b   Chrzanowski, Thomas H ^c   Findlay, David L ^d   Mills, Kenneth H ^d   Paterson, Michael J ^d   Stainton, Michael P ^d   Schindler, David W ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cascading trophic interactions; Cyanobacteria; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecosystem experimentation; Food webs; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Plankton

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA PULICARIA;

EID: 0033926295     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000027     Document Type: Article

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