A stressor-independent test for biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships during a 23-year whole-lake experiment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1903-1909

  Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a   Turner, Michael A ^b   Findlay, David L ^b   Paterson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 70350536130     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-120     Document Type: Article

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