Does scale affect ecological model predictions? A test with lake responses to fertilization

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1178-1188

  Irvine, Robyn L ^a   Crone, Elizabeth E ^b   Jackson, Leland J ^a   MacIsaac, Erland A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akaike Information Criterion (AICc); British Columbia lakes; Light; Primary productivity; Spatial and temporal variance; Whole lake fertilization

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERTURBATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4444384329     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5127     Document Type: Article

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