Absence of species replacements between permanent and temporary lentic communities in New Zealand

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-23

  Wissinger, Scott A ^a   Greig, Hamish ^b   Mcintosh, Angus ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drying; Habitat specialists; Invertebrates; Lakes; Nestedness; Permanence gradient; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENERALIST; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROPERIOD; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTEDNESS; ORDINATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIST; TRADE-OFF; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; TRICHOPTERA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 61449147984     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-007.1     Document Type: Article

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