Lake thermal structure influences macroinvertebrate predation on crustacean zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1586-1595

  MacPhee, Shannon A ^a,b   Arnott, Shelley E ^a   Keller, Wendel ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal Shield; Chaoborus; climate warming; mesocosm; notonectid; thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INGESTION RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; METABOLISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOREAL SHIELD; CANADA;

BUENOA MACROTIBIALIS; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS PUNCTIPENNIS; CRUSTACEA; NOTONECTIDAE;

EID: 80052573979     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr046     Document Type: Article

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