Plankton community structure in fluctuating environments and the role of productivity

Oikos

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 496-510

  Beisner, Beatrix E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMOSTAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANKTON; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL MIXING;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0035709405     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950315.x     Document Type: Article

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