Indirect enhancement of large zooplankton by consumption of predacious macroinvertebrates by littoral fish

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 551-574

  González Sagrario, Maria De Los Ángeles ^a,c   Balseiro, Esteban ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Enclosure experiment; Invertebrate predation; Macrophyte refuge

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; PLANKTIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; LOS PADRES LAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARGENTINA (FISH); ASTYANAX; CALANOIDA; CHARACIDAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRAGONOPTERINAE;

EID: 0346305958     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0158-0551     Document Type: Article

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