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AUTHOR
B. Althouse
Potential for large-bodied zooplankton and dreissenids to alter the productivity and autotrophic structure of lakes.
While limnological studies have emphasized the importance of grazers on algal biomass and primary production in pelagic habitats, few studies have examined their potential role in altering total ecosystem primary production and it's partitioning between pelagic and benthic habitats. We modified an existing ecosystem production model to include biotic feedbacks associated with two groups of large-bodied grazers of phytoplankton (large-bodied zooplankton and dreissenid mussels) and estimated their effects on total ecosystem production (TEP), and the partitioning of TEP between phytoplankton and periphyton (autotrophic structure) across large gradients in lake size and total phosphorus (TP) co…
Potential for large-bodied zooplankton and dreissenids to alter the productivity and autotrophic structure of lakes
While limnological studies have emphasized the importance of grazers on algal biomass and primary production in pelagic habitats, few studies have examined their potential role in altering total ecosystem primary production and it’s partitioning between pelagic and benthic habitats. We modified an existing ecosystem production model to include biotic feedbacks associated with two groups of large-bodied grazers of phytoplankton (large-bodied zooplankton and dreissenid mussels) and estimated their effects on total ecosystem production (TEP), and the partitioning of TEP between phytoplankton and periphyton (autotrophic structure) across large gradients in lake size and total phosphorus (TP) co…
Appendix A. Table of definitions and input values for model parameters, table comparing model output and estimates from natural ecosystems, and figure of dreissenid model simulations.
Table of definitions and input values for model parameters, table comparing model output and estimates from natural ecosystems, and figure of dreissenid model simulations.