Field evidence for stoichiometric relationships between zooplankton and N and P availability in a shallow calcareous lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1589-1604

  Mccarthy, Valerie ^a   Donohue, Ian ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consumer driven nutrient recycling; Daphnia; Eudiaptomus; Nutrient limitation; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EGG PRODUCTION; LAKE; LIGHT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; SESTON; STOICHIOMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; EUDIAPTOMUS; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILIS;

EID: 33747423328     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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