Trophic dynamics in a whole lake experiment: Size-structured interactions and recruitment variation

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-274

  Persson, Lennart ^a   Byström, Pär ^a,b   Wahlström, Eva ^a,c   Westman, Erika ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Swed Inst for Ecol Sustainability   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; LAKE; RECRUITMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 4043126850     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12767.x     Document Type: Article

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