Regime shifts in shallow lakes: The importance of seasonal fish migration

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Brönmark, Christer ^a   Brodersen, Jakob ^a   Chapman, Ben B ^a   Nicolle, Alice ^a   Nilsson, P Anders ^a   Skov, Christian ^b   Hansson, Lars Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Buffering mechanisms; Migration; Roach; Transition

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATE; ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATES; BIOTIC PROCESS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; EUTROPHIC LAKES; FEEDBACK PROCESS; FISH MIGRATION; MIGRATION EFFECTS; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; REGIME SHIFT; SEASONAL MIGRATION; SHALLOW LAKES; TURBID WATER; WATER STATE; ZOOPLANKTIVOROUS FISH;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; RESEARCH;

LAKES;

BIOTIC FACTOR; BUFFER ZONE; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORY; TRANSITION ZONE; TURBIDITY;

EID: 77952008724     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0165-3     Document Type: Article

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