Cascading trophic effects in pampean shallow lakes: Results of a mesocosm experiment using two coexisting fish species with different feeding strategies

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Boveri, María B ^a   Quirós, Rolando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mesocosm experiments; Pampean shallow lakes; Planktivorous fish; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FISH; TRANSPARENCY;

MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS; PAMPEAN SHALLOW LAKES; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

LAKES;

BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; SHALLOW WATER; TELEOST; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; CRUSTACEA; CYPHOCHARAX; ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS;

EID: 34249076635     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0581-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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