Assessment of 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' forces as determinants of rotifer distribution among lakes in Ontario, Canada

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 639-650

  Yoshida, Takehito ^a,c   Urabe, Jotaro ^a   Elser, James J ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental Lakes Area; Food supply; Predation pressure; Spatial variation; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 1642532383     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2003.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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