Vertical distribution of zooplankton: density dependence and evidence for an ideal free distribution with costs
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In lakes with a deep-water algal maximum, herbivorous zooplankton are faced with a trade-off between high temperature but low food availability in the surface layers and low temperature but sufficient food in deep layers. It has been...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/3/10 |