Depth-specific patterns of benthic secondary production in an oligotrophic lake

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-119

  Babler, Allison L ^a,b   Solomon, Christopher T ^a   Schilke, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrate; Food web; Lake; Littoral; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOOTSTRAPPING; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

CRAMPTON LAKE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PISCES;

EID: 38949130046     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-053.1     Document Type: Article

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