The effects of prey heterogeneity and consumer identity on the limitation of trophic-level biomass

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2495-2506

  Steiner, C F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bottom up control; Ceriodaphnia; Daphnia; Food web dynamics; Keystone predation; Top down control; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOOD WEB; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA QUADRANGULA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; EUKARYOTA; PULEX;

EID: 0034794722     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2495:TEOPHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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