The Trophic Cascade in Lakes

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Trophic Cascade in Lakes
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stephen R. Carpenter
Edited by James F. Kitchell
SeriesCambridge Studies in Ecology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreApplied ecology
Environmental science, engineering and technology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521431453
ClassificationsDewey:574.526322
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 40 Tables, unspecified; 3 Halftones, unspecified; 112 Line drawings, unspecified; 40 Tables, unspecified; 3 Halftones, unspecified; 112 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 August 1993
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 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.

Reviews

"I found the book to be clearly written, and appropriate for its target audience, researchers in ecology and resource management...The breadth of approaches brought to bear in the study is extremely impressive...I recommend this book as a fine case history of a pluralistic approach to an important ecological issue." Tim Wootton, Ecology "State-of-the-art theory and methods in a variety of ecological and aquatic disciplines are brought together and integrated. Many ecologists will be intrigued by the statistical approaches applied throughout the book...resource managers will find important and useful lessons about ecosystem management in practice." Brett Johnson, Fisheries Review "This book is of interest to workers in ecology, aquatic ecology, resource management, and limnology." Environment International