Differential effects of warming and nutrient loading on the timing and size of the spring zooplankton peak: An experimental approach with hypertrophic freshwater mesocosms

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1715-1725

  Feuchtmayr, Heidrun ^a,b   Moss, Brian ^a   Harvey, Ian ^a   Moran, Rebecca ^a   Hatton, Keith ^a   Connor, Leslie ^a   Atkinson, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; global climate change; nitrogen; phenology; phosphorus; plankton; temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 78149420263     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq087     Document Type: Article

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