Inferring a single variable from an assemblage with multiple controls: Getting into deep water with cladoceran lake-depth transfer functions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 676, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-142

  Davidson, Thomas A ^a,d   Amsinck, Susanne Lildal ^a   Bennike, Ole ^b   Christoffersen, Kirsten S ^c   Landkildehus, Frank ^a   Lauridsen, Torben L ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic lakes; Cladocerans; Fish; Lake depth; Transfer functions; Trophic structure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; FISH; FOOD WEB; HINDCASTING; LAKE LEVEL; OUTLIER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBFOSSIL; TRANSFER FUNCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 80255138634     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0901-3     Document Type: Article

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