Potential role of fungi in plankton food web functioning and stability: A simulation analysis based on Lake Biwa inverse model

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 659, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-79

  Niquil, Nathalie ^a   Kagami, Maiko ^b   Urabe, Jotaro ^c   Christaki, Urania ^d   Viscogliosi, Eric ^d   Sime Ngando, Télesphore ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Food web; Inverse model; Parasites; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON FLUX; DETRITIVORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITISM; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROPAGULE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

EID: 79959806005     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0308-6     Document Type: Article

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