How enrichment, ecosystem size, and their effects on species richness co-determine the stability of microcosm communities

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 686-695

  Li, Wei ^a   Stevens, M Henry H ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; GREEN ALGA; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952474471     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17634.x     Document Type: Article

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