Trophic cascades in marine and freshwater plankton

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 506-516

  Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Copepods; Plankton; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; GROWTH KINETICS;

COEXISTENCE; COMPENSATION; CRUSTACEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 54849415917     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200711039     Document Type: Review

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