Determining the mechanism by which fish diversity influences production

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-198

  Carey, Michael P ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental complexity; Fish diversity; Resource complementarity; Selection effect

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MESOCOSM; POND; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISH;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHES;

EID: 80051665314     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1967-3     Document Type: Article

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