Does dispersal limitation impact the recovery of zooplankton communities damaged by a regional stressor?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1241-1256

  Gray, Derek K ^a   Arnott, Shelley E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Dispersal; Killarney Provincial Park, Canada; Recovery; Regional stressor; Spatial modeling; Variation partitioning; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPERSAL; EGG BANK; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; IMMIGRATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACID RAIN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACID RAIN; ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; KILLARNEY PROVINCIAL PARK; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79958862674     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0364.1     Document Type: Article

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