Biodiversity-ecosystem function research: Insights gained from streams

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Lecerf, A ^a,b,c   Richardson, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic hyphomycetes; Detritivores; Ecological theory; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem services; Microbial diversity; Predators

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; DETRITIVORY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PISCES;

EID: 73249133799     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1286     Document Type: Review

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