Complementary impact of copepods and cladocerans on phytoplankton

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 545-550

  Sommer, Ulrich ^a   Sommer, Frank ^a   Santer, Barbara ^b   Jamieson, Colleen ^b   Boersma, Maarten ^c   Becker, Claes ^b   Hansen, Thomas ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Copepoda; Herbivory; Phytoplankton; Size spectrum; Top down control; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HERBIVORY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035193360     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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