Phytoplankton food quality control of planktonic food web processes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-41

  Danielsdottir, Marta G ^a   Brett, Michael T ^a   Arhonditsis, George B ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Food web processes; Lake ecosystems; Mechanistic models; Phytoplankton food quality; Plankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOOD WEB PROCESSES; LAKE ECOSYSTEMS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; PHYTOPLANKTON FOOD QUALITY; PLANKTON DYNAMICS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547121432     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0714-6     Document Type: Article

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