Effects of waterfowl and fish on submerged vegetation and macroinvertebrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2049-2059

  Marklund, Ola ^a   Sandsten, Håkan ^a   Hansson, Lars Anders ^a   Blindow, Irmgard ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthivorous fish; Benthos; Food reduction; Herbivorous birds; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATERFOWL;

SWEDEN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES;

EID: 0036828355     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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