FISH
EAT
FISH
EAT
HERBIVORES
EAT
USE
NUTRIENTS
RECYCLE
FISH
Figure 14. The aquatic food chain, indicating
between the components of the biomanipulation model (after
See text for an explanation of the
Shapiro et al.
biomanipulation model
a number of experiments
a significant source of mortality to algae.
fish have been eliminated either by winter
with enclosures or small lakes,
fish kill or by
application (e.g., Lynch and Shapiro 1981, 1982;
In these experimental systems,
Shapiro and Wright 1984; Stenson et al. 1978).
blooms of some algal species have been eliminated through zooplankton grazing
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