Top-down control of natural phyto- and bacterioplankton prey communities by Daphnia magna and by the natural zooplankton community of the hypertrophic Lake Blankaart

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 479, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-49

  Degans, Hanne ^a   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Grazing inhibition; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; LAKES;

BIOMANIPULATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMANIPULATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BELGIUM;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0036662817     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021002128426     Document Type: Article

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