Simulated patterns of carbon flow in the pelagic food web of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica: Little evidence of top-down control

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 192, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 457-472

  McKenna, K C ^a   Moorhead, D L ^a   Roberts, E C ^b   Laybourn Parry, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carbon flow; Microbial loop; Model

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANTARCTICA; CARBON FLOW; MICROBIAL GROUP;

CARBON;

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CARBON; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE FRYXELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31944445439     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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