The Trophic Cascade in Lakes

Stephen R. Carpenter

ISBN 10: 052143145X / ISBN 13: 9780521431453

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trophic Cascade in Lakes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052143145X
• ISBN 13: 9780521431453
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 26D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 728 grams

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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.