Intraspecific phenotypic variation in a fish predator affects multitrophic lake metacommunity structure

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5031-5044

  Howeth, Jennifer G ^a,b   Weis, Jerome J ^a   Brodersen, Jakob ^a,c   Hatton, Elizabeth C ^a   Post, David M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alosa pseudoharengus; Phytoplankton; Size selective predation; Spatial mosaic; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889678133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.878     Document Type: Article

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