Fish community assemblages changed but biomass remained similar after lake restoration by biomanipulation in a Chinese tropical eutrophic lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 724, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-140

  Gao, Jian ^a   Liu, Zhengwen ^a,b,c   Jeppesen, Erik ^c,d,e  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c Sino Danish Educational and Research Centre   (China)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Biomanipulation; Fish removal; Fish trophic structure; Submerged macrophytes; Tropical lake

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMANIPULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PLANKTIVORE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84890440760     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1729-9     Document Type: Article

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