Climate change-predicted shifts in the temperature regime of shallow groundwater produce rapid responses in ciliate communities

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2518-2538

  Andrushchyshyn, Oksana P ^a   Wilson, Kevin P ^a,b   Williams, D Dudley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Canonical correspondence analysis; Ciliates; Ecosystem manipulation; global warming; Shallow groundwater; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CILIATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 70149102670     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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