Periodically forced food-chain dynamics: Model predictions and experimental validation

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3099-3107

  Steiner, Christopher F ^a,b   Schwaderer, Anne S ^b   Veronika, Huber ^c   Klausmeier, Christopher A ^b   Litchman, Elena ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachionus calyciflorus; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Environmental forcing; Periodic mortality; Phytoplankton; Predator prey dynamics; Seasonal succession; Seasonality; Transient dynamics; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; ROTIFERA; SEASON; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ROTIFERA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 72449203733     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2377.1     Document Type: Article

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