Microcosm Experiments Have Limited Relevance for Community and Ecosystem Ecology: Comment

Microcosm Experiments Have Limited Relevance for Community and Ecosystem Ecology: Comment

Drenner and Mazumder present an alternative view of the role of microcosm experiments for both research and graduate education in aquatic ecology. There is little information supporting Carpenter's (1996) suggestion that microcosms are disconnected from natural lake systems.

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecology (Durham) 1999-04, Vol.80 (3), p.1081-1085
Hauptverfasser: Drenner, Ray W., Mazumder, Asit
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Aquatic life
Biomass
Biotic communities
Comments
Ecological research
Ecology
Ecosystems
Environmental aspects
Freshwater ecology
Freshwater fishes
Graduate studies
Lake ecology
Lakes
Limnology
Microcosms
Phytoplankton
Plankton
Synecology
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Zusammenfassung:Drenner and Mazumder present an alternative view of the role of microcosm experiments for both research and graduate education in aquatic ecology. There is little information supporting Carpenter's (1996) suggestion that microcosms are disconnected from natural lake systems.
ISSN:0012-9658
1939-9170
DOI:10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1081:MEHLRF]2.0.CO;2