To describe a predator–prey relationship, it is necessary to specify the rate of prey
consumption by an average predator. This functional response largely determines dynamic …

Bosmina longirostris is a small-bodied, filter-feeding cladoceran. The species is widely
distributed throughout the world in temperate and tropical climates, where it persists in all …

Toxic algal blooms widely affect our use of water resources both with respect to drinking
water and recreation. However, it is not only humans, but also organisms living in freshwater …

In periphyton communities, autotrophic algae and prokaryotes live in close spatial proximity
to heterotrophic components such as bacteria and micro‐and meiofauna. In factorial field …

We derive from a dynamic model that light availability, phytoplankton density, and the
carbon: nutrient ratio of phytoplankton biomass should all be negatively related to mixed …

The influence of predatory fish on the structure of stream food webs may be altered by the
presence of forest canopy cover, and consequent differences in allochthonous inputs and …

Simple models, based on Lotka-Volterra types of interactions between predator and prey,
predict that enrichment will have a destabilizing effect on populations and that equilibrium …

The top-down and bottom-up properties of model food webs that include intraguild predation
and self-limiting factors such as cannibalism are investigated. Intraguild predation can …

To improve mechanistic understanding of plankton responses to eutrophication, a
mesocosm experiment was performed in the shallow littoral zone of a south Swedish lake, in …

We investigated the effects of predator diet breadth on the relative importance of bottom-up
and top-down control of prey assemblages, using microbial food webs containing bacteria …