Intraspecific variation in a predator drives cascading variation in primary producer community composition

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1343-1349

  Weis, Jerome J ^a   Post, David M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84882580658     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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