Zooplankton biodiversity and lake trophic state: Explanations invoking resource abundance and distribution

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1675-1686

  Barnett, Allain ^a   Beisner, Beatrix E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities; Functional diversity; Heterogeneity; Lakes; Phytoplankton; Productivity; Quebec, Canada; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA;

FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEBEC; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 34247491775     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1056.1     Document Type: Article

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