Predator-prey cycles in an aquatic microcosm: Testing hypotheses of mechanism

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 802-815

  Shertzer, Kyle W ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^b   Fussmann, Gregor F ^c   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Fitting mechanistic models; Plankton; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMOSTAT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROCOSM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALGAE; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0036742940     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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