Top-down control in freshwater lakes: The role of nutrient state, submerged macrophytes and water depth

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 342-343, Issue , 1997, Pages 151-164

  Jeppesen, Erik ^a   Jensen, Jens Peder ^a   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Lauridsen, Torben ^a   Pedersen, Leif Junge ^a   Jensen, Lars ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomanipulation; Fish; Macrophytes; Shallow lakes; Top down control; Trophic cascade; Trophic structure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 8544284072     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5648-6_17     Document Type: Article

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