Variability and predictability in a zooplankton community: The roles of disturbance and dispersal

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-145

  Forrest, Jessica ^a,b   Arnott, Shelley E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Immigration; Stability; Variability; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE;

EID: 34347204879     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[137:VAPIAZ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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