Omnivory does not prevent trophic cascades in pelagic food webs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-138

  Okun, Nils ^a   Brasil, Jandeson ^a   Attayde, José Luiz ^a   Costa, Ivaneide A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enclosures; Omnivory; Phytoplankton; Trophic cascades; Water transparency; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 37149045887     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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