Cascading Trophic Interactions and Lake Productivity

1985/11/01 by Stephen R. Carpenter, James F. Kitchell, James R. Hodgson · 2,635 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics #Biology #Computer science #Ecology #Economics #Ecosystem #Environmental ethics #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Fishery #Food web #Geography #Library science #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Philosophy #Predation #Productivity #Trophic cascade #Trophic level

paper · open access · doi:10.2307/1309989

published in BioScience 35(10), 634-639 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Stephen R. Carpenter, James F. Kitchell, James R. Hodgson; Cascading Trophic Interactions and Lake Productivity: Fish predation and herbivory can regulate

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