Response of zooplankton to nutrient enrichment and fish in shallow lakes: A pan-European mesocosm experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1619-1632

  Vakkilainen, Kirsi ^a   Kairesalo, Timo ^a   Hietala, Jaana ^a   Balayla, David M ^b   Bécares, Eloy ^c   Van De Bund, Wouter J ^d   Van Donk, Ellen ^d   Fernández Aláez, Margarita ^c   Gyllström, Mikael ^e   Hansson, Lars Anders ^e   Miracle, Maria R ^f   Moss, Brian ^b   Romo, Susana ^f   Rueda, Juan ^f   Stephen, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fish predation; Littoral zooplankton; Mesocosm experiments; Nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANKTIVORY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DIAPHANOSOMA; ROTIFERA; SIMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 9644268735     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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