Carbon-based balanced trophic structure and flows in the offshore Lake Ontario food web before (1987-1991) and after (2001-2005) invasion-induced ecosystem change

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 692-708

  Stewart, Thomas J ^a   Sprules, W Gary ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Ecopath; Food web; Invasive species; Lake Ontario; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; ECOPATH; FOOD WEBS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ONTARIO; MASS BALANCE;

ALGAE CONTROL; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; FISH; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON FLUX; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MASS BALANCE; OVERGRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALMONID; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPOREIA; MYSIS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78650679516     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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