Long-term nutrient enrichment decouples predator and prey production

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Davis, John M ^a,d   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   Eggert, Susan L ^b   Cross, Wyatt F ^a,e   Wallace, J Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Ecosystem enrichment; Energy flow; Food web efficiency; Predator resistance

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; URODELA;

EID: 76249129911     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908497107     Document Type: Article

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