Seasonal succession in fishless ponds: Effects of enrichment and invertebrate predators on zooplankton community structure

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 490, Issue , 2003, Pages 125-134

  Steiner, Christopher F ^a,b   Roy, Allison H ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Daphnia; Enrichment; Notonecta; Seasonal succession; Size efficiency hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY;

INVERTEBRATE PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTONS;

FISHERIES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SIZE SELECTION; SUCCESSION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; NOTONECTA; NOTONECTA UNDULATA; PULEX;

EID: 0038193804     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023470730397     Document Type: Article

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