The influence of water level on macrophyte growth and trophic interactions in eutrophic Mediterranean shallow lakes: A mesocosm experiment with and without fish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1631-1642

  Bucak, Tuba ^a   Saraoǧlu, Ece ^a   Levi, Eti E ^a   Nihan Tavsanoglu U ^a   Idil Cakiroglu A ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,c,d   Beklioǧlu, Meryem ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Climate change; Hydrology; Periphyton; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ALBURNUS ESCHERICHII; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; TINCA; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 84863595278     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02825.x     Document Type: Article

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