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Food Web Structure and Littoral Zone Coupling to Pelagic Trophic Cascades

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Lake productivity ultimately depends on phosphorus (P) supply rates (Schindler, 1977). Community interactions, especially size-selective predation by fishes and size-dependent rates of grazing and nutrient recycling by zooplankton, determine the efficiency and rate with which P inputs are translated to ecosystem productivity (Carpenter and Kitchell, 1993). Limnologists are now trying to determine how trophic cascades interact with the P cycle to influence lake productivity (McQueen et al., 1986; Elser and Goldman, 1991; Carpenter et al., 1991). One informative approach analyzes food web interactions in P currency, thereby integrating the direct and indirect effects of fishes on lake P cycles.

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    Gary A. Polis

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    Kirk O. Winemiller

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Schindler, D.E. et al. (1996). Food Web Structure and Littoral Zone Coupling to Pelagic Trophic Cascades. In: Polis, G.A., Winemiller, K.O. (eds) Food Webs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7007-3_9

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