Diversity-productivity relationships in streams vary as a function of the natural disturbance regime

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 716-726

  Cardinale, Bradley J ^a,b   Palmer, Margaret A ^b   Ives, Anthony R ^c   Brooks, S S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Floods; Periphyton; Species richness; Stream algae

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PERIPHYTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ALGAE;

EID: 15244345192     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0727     Document Type: Article

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