Lake depth rather than fish planktivory determines cladoceran community structure in Faroese lakes - Evidence from contemporary data and sediments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2124-2142

  Amsinck, Susanne Lildal ^a,d   Strzelczak, Agnieszka ^a   Bjerring, Rikke ^a,b   Landkildehus, Frank ^a   Lauridsen, Torben L ^a   Christoffersen, Kirsten ^c   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Cladoceran remains; Faroe Islands; Fish planktivory; Paleolimnology; Regression tree analysis; Transfer functions; Water depth

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; PLANKTIVORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 33749838388     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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