Top-down control by insect predators in an intermittent pond - A field experiment

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-143

  Katarina Magnusson, A ^a   Dudley Williams, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dytiscidae; Food web; Intermittent pond; Invertebrates; Odonata; Pr dation; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MOLLUSC; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; ODONATA; OSTRACODA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 70349558406     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2009017     Document Type: Article

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