Collapse and reorganization of a food web of Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-239

  Downing, Andrea S ^a   Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Janse, Jan H ^b   Witte, Frans ^c   Cornelissen, Ilse J M ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^a   Mooij, Wolf M ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass distribution; Food web; Function; Haplochromines; Lake Victoria East Africa; Mass balance; Nile perch (Lates niloticus); Structure; Trophic group

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COLLAPSE; CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MASS BALANCE; NATIVE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; TANZANIA; TIME;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; MWANZA GULF; TANZANIA;

CARIDINA NITOTICA; CYPRINIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

EID: 84858669697     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0941.1     Document Type: Article

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