Effects of increasing nutrient supply and omnivorous feeding on the size spectrum slope: A size-based nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton model

Population Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-259

  Ho, Pei Chi ^a,b   Chang, Chun Wei ^a,b   Hsieh, Chih Hao ^b,c   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^a,b,d   Miki, Takeshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feeding breadth; New nutrient flux; Non equilibrium dynamics; Nutrient phytoplankton zooplankton model; Plankton size spectrum

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OMNIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY SIZE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84876455062     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0368-3     Document Type: Article

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