Why plankton communities have no equilibrium: Solutions to the paradox

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 491, Issue , 2003, Pages 9-18

  Scheffer, Marten ^a   Rinaldi, Sergio ^b   Huisman, Jef ^c   Weissing, Franz J ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chaos; Competition; Phytoplankton; Predation; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHAOS THEORY; ECOLOGY;

PLANKTONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; CHAOS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EQUILIBRIUM; PLANKTON;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037704805     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024404804748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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