Benthic-planktonic coupling, regime shifts, and whole-lake primary production in shallow lakes

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-631

  Genkai Kato, Motomi ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Yvonne ^b   Liboriussen, Lone ^c   Jeppesen, Erik ^c,d,e  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research   (China)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Lake morphometry; Mathematical model; Mean depth; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Regime shift; Whole lake primary production

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; TURBIDITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGAE;

EID: 84860234113     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2126.1     Document Type: Article

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