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About this book
Initial research on Toolik Lake and the surrounding lakes and ponds focused on process studies such as annual primary productivity of the lake or the vertical migration patterns of the resident zooplankton. In 1983 the philosophy of the research changed with the funding of a more integrated programme. The fundamental question posed was whether Arctic lake and stream ecosystems are regulated from the bottom up by nutrient availability or from the top down by the density and activity of top predators.
In 1987 the Toolik Lake area was designated an LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) site, one of 18 such sites throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the Antarctic. The research theme for the Arctic LTER also focuses on the regulation of Arctic ecosystems, whether regulation comes from the top down or bottom up. The Arctic LTER also incorporates a terrestrial component as well as a lake and stream component.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Toolik Lake
Book Subtitle: Ecology of an Aquatic Ecosystem in Arctic Alaska
Editors: W. J. O’Brien
Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2720-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1952-8Published: 30 September 1992
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5206-1Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2720-2Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 269
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology