Seasonal zooplankton dynamics in Lake Michigan: Disentangling impacts of resource limitation, ecosystem engineering, and predation during a critical ecosystem transition

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 336-352

  Vanderploeg, Henry A ^a   Pothoven, Steven A ^b   Fahnenstiel, Gary L ^b   Cavaletto, Joann F ^a   Liebig, James R ^a   Stow, Craig A ^a   Nalepa, Thomas F ^a   Madenjian, Charles P ^c   Bunnell, David B ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Food limitation; Planktivory; Tipping point; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FOOD LIMITATIONS; PLANKTIVORY; TIPPING POINT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; DYNAMICS; FISH; LAKES; PHENOLS; SHELLFISH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FOOD LIMITATION; HYPOLIMNION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTIVORY; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MENDOTAE; DIACYCLOPS THOMASI; DREISSENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860630566     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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