Beyond the plankton ecology group (PEG) model: Mechanisms driving plankton succession

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 429-448

  Sommer, Ulrich ^a   Adrian, Rita ^b   De Senerpont Domis, Lisette ^c   Elser, James J ^d   Gaedke, Ursula ^e   Ibelings, Bas ^c,f   Jeppesen, Erik ^g   Lürling, Miquel ^c,h   Molinero, Juan Carlos ^a   Mooij, Wolf M ^c,h   Van Donk, Ellen ^c   Winder, Monika ⁱ  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

food quality; grazing; lakes; light; oceans; overwintering; parasitism; pelagic zone; seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OVERWINTERING; PARASITISM; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84873429705     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160251     Document Type: Review

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