Context-dependent effects of bluegill in experimental mesocosm communities

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 421-426

  Nowlin, Weston H ^a,b   Drenner, Ray W ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluegill; Context dependence; Keystone species; Microcosms; Zooplanktivore

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MESOCOSM; PLANKTIVORY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIPODA; CERIODAPHNIA; CHARA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DAPHNIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GASTROPODA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NAJAS;

EID: 0034097295     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050048     Document Type: Article

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