The Trophic Cascade in Lakes (Paperback)

Stephen R. Carpenter

ISBN 10: 0521566843 / ISBN 13: 9780521566841

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996

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Paperback. 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 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. Experimental manipulations of whole lakes are used to test the idea that fluctuations in productivity can be driven by variations in predator populations. This book shows that population and ecosystem processes can be strongly linked. The study combines population, community and ecosystem ecology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trophic Cascade in Lakes (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521566843
• ISBN 13: 9780521566841
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this book, a multidisciplinary research team tests this idea by manipulating whole lakes experimentally, and coordinating this with paleolimnological studies, simulation modeling, and small-scale enclosure experiments. Contributors describe consequences of predator-prey interactions, behavioral responses of fishes, diel vertical migration of zooplankton, plankton community change, primary production, nutrient cycling and microbial processes. Paleolimnological techniques enable the reconstruction of trophic interactions from past decades. Prospects for analyzing the interaction of food web structure and nutrient input in lakes are explored.

Book Description

Trophic cascades may interact with nutrients and physical factors to explain most of the variance in lake ecosystem process rates. This text tests this idea by manipulating whole lakes experimentally and coordinating this with paleolimnological studies, simulation modeling, and small-scale enclosure experiments.