Food web efficiency differs between humic and clear water lake communities in response to nutrients and light

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 823-835

  Faithfull, C L ^a   Mathisen, P ^a   Wenzel, A ^a   Bergstrom A K ^a   Vrede, T ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dissolved organic carbon; Pelagic communities; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LAKE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LAKES; LIGHT; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84925496881     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3132-2     Document Type: Article

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