Food quantity and quality regulation of trophic transfer between primary producers and a keystone grazer (Daphnia) in pelagic freshwater food webs

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1152-1163

  Persson, Jonas ^a   Brett, Michael T ^c   Vrede, Tobias ^a,b   Ravet, Joseph L ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 34250787024     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15639.x     Document Type: Article

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