Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of Stickleback on Community Structure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Des Roches, Simone ^a   Shurin, Jonathan B ^b   Schluter, Dolph ^c   Harmon, Luke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOLOGY; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PREDATOR; STICKLEBACK; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA; ZOOPLANKTON;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84875717462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059644     Document Type: Article

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