The role of light for fish-zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions during winter in shallow lakes - A climate change perspective

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1093-1109

  Bramm, Mette Elisabeth ^a   Lassen, Majbritt Kjeldahl ^a   Liboriussen, Lone ^a   Richardson, Katherine ^b   Ventura, Marc ^a,c   Jeppesen, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food availability; Global warming; Light manipulation; Zooplanktivorous fish; Zooplankton community structure

Indexed keywords

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 64549109343     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02156.x     Document Type: Article

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