Fish reintroductions reveal smooth transitions between lake community states

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-318

  Mittelbach, Gary G ^a   Garcia, Erica A ^a   Taniguchi, Yoshinori ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternate states; Planktivory; Regime shifts; Stability; Trophic interactions; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE; PERCIFORM; REINTRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; FISHES; ZOOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PULICARIA;

EID: 33644844499     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1275     Document Type: Article

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