Fish induced macrophyte loss in shallow lakes: Top-down and bottom-up processes in mesocosm experiments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2216-2232

  Williams, Adrian E ^a,b   Moss, Brian ^a   Eaton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Carp; Epiphyton; Macrophyte loss; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ABRAMIS; ABRAMIS BRAMA; ANIMALIA; BRAMA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; INVERTEBRATA; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 0036828864     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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