The Impact of Nutrient State and Lake Depth on Top-down Control in the Pelagic Zone of Lakes: A Study of 466 Lakes from the Temperate Zone to the Arctic

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-325

  Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b   Jensen, Jens Peder ^a   Jensen, Claus ^a   Faafeng, Bjørn ^c   Hessen, Dag O ^d   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Lauridsen, Torben ^a   Brettum, Pål ^c   Christoffersen, Kirsten ^e  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic lakes; Biomanipulation; Fish; Phytoplankton; Temperate lakes; Top down control; Trophic cascade; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; PREDATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER DEPTH;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 0344044039     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00021503     Document Type: Article

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