Evidence for bottom-up control of recent shifts in the pelagic food web of Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Barbiero, Richard P ^a   Lesht, Barry M ^b   Warren, Glenn J ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Cladocerans; Cyclopoids; SeaWiFS; Spring bloom; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CLADOCERANS; CYCLOPOIDS; SEAWIFS; SPRING BLOOM; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE CONTROL; BAND STRUCTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 79951579031     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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