A test of food web hypotheses by exploring time series of fish, zooplankton and phytoplankton in an oligo-mesotrophic lake

Limnologica

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Mehner, Thomas ^a   Padisak, Judit ^a,b   Kasprzak, Peter ^a   Koschel, Rainer ^a   Krienitz, Lothar ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coregonus; Food chain theory; Intermediate trophic state; Nutrient enrichment; Stratified lake; Top down:bottom up

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; LAKE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; COREGONUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 55149118746     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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