The Trophic Cascade in Lakes (Cambridge Studies in Ecology)

Carpenter, Stephen R.

ISBN 10: 0521566843 / ISBN 13: 9780521566841

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Trophic Cascade in Lakes (Cambridge Studies in Ecology)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521566843
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521566841
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

This 1993 book documents the importance of trophic cascades in aquatic ecology.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fluctuations in fish populations in lakes can cascade through food webs to alter nutrient cycling, algal biomass and primary production. Trophic cascades may interact with nutrients and physical factors to explain most of the variance in lake ecosystem process rates. In this 1993 book, a multidisciplinary research team tests this idea by manipulating whole lakes experimentally, and coordinating this with palaeolimnological studies, simulation modelling, and small-scale enclosure experiments. Consequences of predator-prey interactions, behavioural responses of fishes, diel vertical migration of zooplankton, plankton community change, primary production, nutrient cycling and microbial processes are described. Palaeolimnological techniques enable the reconstruction of trophic interactions from past decades. Prospects for analysing the interaction of food web structure and nutrient input in lakes are explored.