Increasing zooplankton size diversity enhances the strength of top-down control on phytoplankton through diet niche partitioning

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1052-1061

  Ye, Lin ^a,b   Chang, Chun Yi ^b   García Comas, Carmen ^b   Gong, Gwo Ching ^c,d   Hsieh, Chih hao ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Body size; Size spectrum; Taxa diversity; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREY SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE SPECTRUM; TAXA DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; BODY SIZE; SIZE SPECTRUM; TAXA DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84881541892     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12067     Document Type: Article

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