Littoral species diversity and biomass: Concordance among organismal groups and the effects of environmental variables

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 961-980

  Tolonen, Kimmo T ^a,d   Holopainen, Ismo J ^a   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a   Rahkola Sorsa, Minna ^a   Ylöstalo, Pasi ^c   Mikkonen, Krista ^a   Karjalainen, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Biomass; Concordance; Environmental variables; Evenness; Lake littoral zone; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAKE SAIMAA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 17844393138     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-8414-2     Document Type: Article

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