Top-down control of reed detritus processing in a lake littoral zone: Experimental evidence of a seasonal compensation between fish and invertebrate predation

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-134

  Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a   Costantini, Maria Letizia ^b   Rossi, Loreto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaf detritus processing; Predatory fish; Predatory invertebrates; Seasonality; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FISH; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; DETRITUS; FISH; GRASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250739759     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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