Species richness and temperature influence mussel biomass: A partitioning approach applied to natural communities

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 781-790

  Spooner, Daniel E ^a,b   Vaughn, Caryn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dominance; Ecosystem function; Regional vs. local; Species traits; Thermal niche; Trait dependent complementarity; Trait independent complementarity; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BODY CONDITION; COEXISTENCE; CROP; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; PARTITIONING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 63849207260     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0966.1     Document Type: Article

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