Nutrient limitation reduces food quality for zooplankton: Daphnia response to seston phosphorus enrichment

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 898-903

  Elser, James J ^a   Hayakawa, Kazuhide ^b   Urabe, Jotaro ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C:P ratio; Daphnia dentifera; Daphnia growth vs. P availability in food; Experimental Lakes Area (Ontario, Canada); Fatty acids; Food quality; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus limitation and food quality; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FOOD QUALITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA; ONTARIO;

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA DENTIFERA;

EID: 0035104713     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0898:nlrfqf]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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