Trophic triangles and competition among vertebrate (Oncorhynchus nerka, Gasterosteus aculeatus) and macroinvertebrate (Neomysis mercedis) planktivores in Muriel Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-26

  Hyatt, Kim D ^a   Ramcharan, Charles ^b   McQueen, Donald J ^c   Cooper, Karen L ^d  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AEA Inc   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Invertebrate planktivores; Lake fertilization; Pelagic food webs; Sockeye salmon; Trophic triangles

Indexed keywords

TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; NEOMYSIS MERCEDIS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 16244399512     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-1-11.1     Document Type: Article

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