Impact of simulated drought on ecosystem biomass production: An experimental test in stream mesocosms

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2288-2297

  Ledger, Mark E ^a   Edwards, Francois K ^a,b   Brown, Lee E ^a,c   Milner, Alexander M ^a,d   Woodward, Guy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecosystem functioning; Macroinvertebrates; Processes; Secondary production; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STREAM;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 79957834883     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02420.x     Document Type: Article

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