Recovery of the fish community and changes in the lower trophic levels in a eutrophic lake after a winter kill of fish

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-158

  Ruuhijarvi J ^a   Rask, M ^a   Vesala, S ^a   Westermark, A ^a   Olin, M ^b   Keskitalo, J ^b   Lehtovaara, A ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomanipulation; Fish kill; Growth; Perch; Roach; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; BLUE GREEN ALGAE; CASCADING EFFECTS; DAPHNIA; EUTROPHIC LAKES; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH KILLS; FISH SPECIES; MACROPHYTES; NORTHERN BASINS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN DEFICITS; SECCHI DEPTH; SHALLOW LAKES; SHARP INCREASE; SOUTHERN FINLAND; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; TROPHIC LEVEL; TWO-BASIN LAKE;

EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; OXYGEN;

FISH;

BIOMANIPULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MORTALITY; PERCID; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBIDITY; WINTER;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; LAKE AIMAJARVI;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYPRINIDAE; DAPHNIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PISCES;

EID: 77952008828     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0186-y     Document Type: Article

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