Goose-mediated nutrient enrichment and planktonic grazer control in arctic freshwater ponds

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 653-662

  Van Geest, G J ^a   Hessen, D O ^c   Spierenburg, P ^b   Dahl Hansen, G A P ^d   Christensen, G ^d   Faerovig, P J ^c   Brehm, M ^a   Loonen, M J J E ^e   Van Donk, E ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Plankton; Top down control; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BIOMASS; BREEDING POPULATION; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ENERGY FLOW; FECES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POND; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TUNDRA; WATERFOWL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; GEESE; PLANKTON;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; ANSER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547745478     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0770-7     Document Type: Article

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