Testing zooplankton food limitation across gradients of depth and productivity in small stratified lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1408-1416

  DeMott, William R ^a   Edington, Jennifer R ^a   Tessier, Alan J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPTH; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 3843065428     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.4_part_2.1408     Document Type: Article

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