Food web architecture and basal resources interact to determine biomass and stoichiometric cascades along a benthic food web.

Understanding the effects of predators and resources on primary producers has been a major focus of interest in ecology. Within this context, the trophic cascade concept especially concerning the pelagic zone of lakes has been the focus of the majority of these studies. However, littoral food webs c...

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Main Authors: Rafael D Guariento, Luciana S Carneiro, Adriano Caliman, João J F Leal, Reinaldo L Bozelli, Francisco A Esteves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3138757?pdf=render