Effects of contrasting omnivorous fish on submerged macrophyte biomass in temperate lakes: A mesocosm experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1360-1372

  Dorenbosch, Martijn ^a   Bakker, Elisabeth S ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feeding strategy; Food web; Grazing; Stable isotopes; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CTENOPHARYNGODON; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; CYPRINIDAE; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 84862134068     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02790.x     Document Type: Article

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