Phytoplankton community similarity in a semiarid floodplain under contrasting hydrological connectivity regimes

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-520

  Angeler, David G ^a   Alvarez Cobelas, Miguel ^b   Rojo, Carmen ^c   Sánchez Carrillo, Salvador ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Dispersal; Environmental fluctuation; Metacommunity ecology; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; FLOODPLAIN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEMIARID REGION; WETLAND;

EID: 77952423621     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0681-7     Document Type: Article

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