Spectral niche complementarity and carbon dynamics in pelagic ecosystems

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Striebel, Maren ^a   Behl, Stephan ^a   Diehl, Sebastian ^a   Stibor, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon dynamics; Complementarity; Ecosystem function; Pelagic ecosystems; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE;

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 66849131719     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599294     Document Type: Article

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