Unimodal response of fish yield to dissolved organic carbon

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-43

  Finstad, Anders G ^a   Helland, Ingeborg P ^a   Ugedal, Ola ^a   Hesthagen, Trygve ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown trout; DOC; Light; Limiting factors; Production; Salmo trutta

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA;

DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BROWN TROUT; CARBON CYCLE; FISH; LAKE; LETTER; LIGHT; LIMITING FACTORS; PLANT; PRODUCTION;

BROWN TROUT; DOC; LIGHT; LIMITING FACTORS; PRODUCTION; SALMO TRUTTA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FISHES; LAKES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS;

EID: 84890559483     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12201     Document Type: Article

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