Does a warmer lake mean smaller benthic algae? Evidence against the importance of temperature-size relationships in natural systems

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-169

  Byllaardt, Julie Vanden ^a,b   Cyr, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; DIATOM; ECTOTHERMY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTOZOAN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACHNANTHIDIUM; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOMPHONEMA; GOMPHONEMA ACUMINATUM; GYROSIGMA; GYROSIGMA ACUMINATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78751622313     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18880.x     Document Type: Article

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