Decoupling of pelagic and littoral food webs in oligotrophic Canadian Shield lakes

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 534-546

  Bertolo, Andrea ^a   Carignan, Richard ^b   Magnan, Pierre ^a   Pinel Alloul, Bernadette ^b   Planas, Dolors ^c   Garcia, Edenise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 29144434026     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13930.x     Document Type: Article

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