Changes in benthic macroinvertebrate abundance and lake isotope (C, N) signals following biomanipulation: An 18-year study in shallow Lake Vaeng, Denmark

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-145

  Boll, T ^a,b   Johansson, L S ^a   Lauridsen, T L ^a   Landkildehus, F ^a   Davidson, T A ^a   Sondergaard M ^a   Andersen, F O ^b   Jeppesen, E ^a,c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d Sino Danish Education and Research Centre (SDC)   (China)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Cladocera; Macrophytes; Stable isotope analysis; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMANIPULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FLY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE WATER; MACROAGGREGATE; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALEOECOLOGY; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

DENMARK; LAKE VAENG; MIDTJYLLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; CYPRINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858617357     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1005-4     Document Type: Article

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