Top-down biological controls on tropical lake productivity

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-194

  Hubble, D S ^a   Harper, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controls; Grazing; Lake; Phytoplankton; Productivity; Top down; Tropical; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GRAZING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SELF SHADING; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

KENYA; LAKE NAIVASHA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0034463214     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1770.2000.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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