Total phosphorus and piscivore mass as drivers of food web characteristics in shallow lakes

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 756-765

  Friederichs, Samuel J ^a   Zimmer, Kyle D ^a   Herwig, Brian R ^b   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Fieberg, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIVORY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; PRAIRIE; SHALLOW WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 79955003402     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19244.x     Document Type: Article

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