Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on a food web with edible and inedible prey

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 666-671

  Henry, M ^a   Stevens, H ^a   Steiner, Claire E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colpidium; Keystone predation; Nutrient recycling; Paradox of enrichment; Trophic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PREDATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLPIDIUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 33645099968     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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