Recovery after local extinction: Factors affecting re-establishment of alpine lake zooplankton

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1850-1859

  Knapp, Roland A ^a   Sarnelle, Orlando ^b  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; California; Crustacean zooplankton; Daphnia melanica; Diapausing eggs; Hesperodiaptomus shoshone; Introduced fish; Mate limitation; Paleolimnology; Recovery; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MELANICA; HESPERODIAPTOMUS SHOSHONE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; DAPHNIA; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 63249120365     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0044.1     Document Type: Article

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