Terrestrial organic matter input suppresses biomass production in lake ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2870-2876

  Karlsson, Jan ^a   Bergström, Ann Kristin ^a   Byström, Pär ^a   Gudasz, Cristian ^a,c   Rodríguez, Patricia ^b   Hein, Catherine ^a,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous organic matter; Boreal lakes; Lake ecosystem; Productivity; Subsidy; Terrestrial organic carbon, t OC; Ume ,Sweden

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BOREAL KINGDOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT USE; ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

SWEDEN; UMEA; VASTERBOTTEN;

PRUNUS MUME;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LAKE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LAKES; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 85047290547     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0515.1     Document Type: Article

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