Cascading trophic interactions in an oligotrophic species-poor alpine lake

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Parker, Brian R ^a   Schindler, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Nutrients; Phytoplankton, water transparency; Trophic cascade; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALBERTA; BIGHORN LAKE; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33645337669     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0016-z     Document Type: Article

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