Impact of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus on zooplankton and chl a in shallow, eutrophic, brackish lakes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 262, Issue , 2003, Pages 277-284

  Jakobsen, Tue Stenholm ^a   Hansen, Pia Borch ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b   Grønkjær, Peter ^b   Søndergaard, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brackish lakes; Predation; Saline; Sticklebacks; Top down control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRACKISH WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0344668779     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps262277     Document Type: Article

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