High predation is of key importance for dominance of small-bodied zooplankton in warm shallow lakes: Evidence from lakes, fish exclosures and surface sediments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 667, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-147

  Iglesias, Carlos ^a,b   Mazzeo, Néstor ^b   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,b   Lacerot, Gissell ^b   Clemente, Juan M ^b,c   Scasso, Flavio ^b   Kruk, Carla ^b   Goyenola, Guillermo ^b   García Alonso, Javier ^b,d   Amsinck, Susanne L ^a   Paggi, Juan C ^e   de Paggi, Susana José ^e   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,f,g  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c Metrology Section   (Uruguay)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^g Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

Author keywords

Fish predation; Subtropical shallow lakes; Zooplankton community structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; EGG BANK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOCOSM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; SHALLOW WATER; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTH AMERICA;

DAPHNIA; SIMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 79953696214     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0645-0     Document Type: Article

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