Submerged macrophytes, zooplankton and the predominance of low- over high-chlorophyll states in western boreal, shallow-water wetlands

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 868-881

  Norlin, J Ivor ^a,c   Bayley, Suzanne E ^a   Ross, Lisette C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternate stable states; Shallow lakes; Stickleback; Western boreal; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOSMINA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; PISUM SATIVUM; SAN ANGELO VIRUS;

EID: 18044367954     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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