Experimental study of trophic cascade effect of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrixon) in a subtropical lake, Lake Donghu: On plankton community and underlying mechanisms of changes of crustacean community

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 487, Issue , 2002, Pages 19-31

  Lu, Min ^a   Xie, Ping ^b   Tang, Huijuan ^b   Shao, Zhaojun ^b   Xie, Liqiang ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute Technology School of Science   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age of first generation; Algal biomass; Crustacean zooplankton; Silver carp; Trophic cascade effect

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

DEMOGRAPHY;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHINA;

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPS VICINUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DAPHNIA; DIAPHANOSOMA BRACHYURUM; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS NOTIUS; MICRURA; MOINA MICRURA; PISCES; SCAPHOLEBERIS; SCAPHOLEBERIS KINGII; SINODIAPTOMUS; SINODIAPTOMUS SARSI; THERMOCYCLOPS;

EID: 0036878846     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022940716736     Document Type: Article

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