Invasive species triggers a massive loss of ecosystem services through a trophic cascade

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4081-4085

  Walsh, Jake R ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Van Der Zanden, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bythotrephes; Daphnia; Ecosystem service; Eutrophication; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ARTICLE; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963785126     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1600366113     Document Type: Article

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