Pelagic food web interactions among benthic invertebrates and trout in mountain lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1081-1094

  Paul Weidman, R ^a   Schindler, David W ^a   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic; Food web; Intraguild predation; Mountain lake; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79954595035     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02552.x     Document Type: Article

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