Applicability of littoral food-web biomanipulation for lake management purposes: Snails, macrophytes, and water transparency in northeast ohio shallow lakes

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-202

  Lombardo, Paola ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alternate stable states; Gastropods; Lake management; Littoral food webs; Macrophytes; Periphyton; Shallow lakes; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 22144439442     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140509354428     Document Type: Article

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