Effects of grazer community structure on phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-200

  Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,c   Schindler, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c 6044 Gilman Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian time series analysis; Daphnia; Grazing; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Pulse perturbation; Resilience; Resistance; Stability; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERTURBATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 0033951747     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0183:EOGCSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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