Mesocosm experiments on nutrient and fish effects on shallow lake food webs in a Mediterranean climate

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1593-1607

  Romo, Susana ^a   Miracle, María R ^a   Villena, María José ^a   Rueda, Juan ^a   Ferriol, Carmen ^a   Vicente, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthos; Lake management; Mediterranean; Nutrients; Planktivorous fish; Plankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; FOOD WEB; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANKTIVORY; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALGAE; CERIODAPHNIA; CHARA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOPOIDA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 9644303795     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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