A 200-year perspective on alternative stable state theory and lake management from a biomanipulated shallow lake

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1483-1496

  Hobbs, William O ^a,b   Hobbs, Joy M Ramstack ^a   Lafrançois, Toben ^a   Zimmer, Kyle D ^b   Theissen, Kevin M ^b   Edlund, Mark B ^a   Michelutti, Neal ^c   Butler, Malcolm G ^d   Hanson, Mark A ^e   Carlson, Thomas J ^e  

^a ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Alternative stable state; Biomanipulation; bosmina; Diatoms; Lake Christina; Lake sediments; Macrophytes; paleolimnology; Regime shift; Shallow lake; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMANIPULATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MACROPHYTE; MORTALITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; TROPHIC CASCADE; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERFOWL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CHRISTINA LAKE; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANATIDAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOSMINA;

EID: 84864120947     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1485.1     Document Type: Review

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