Species' traits and environmental gradients interact to govern primary production in freshwater mussel communities

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-416

  Spooner, Daniel E ^a   Vaughn, Caryn C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISTURBANCE; DIVERGENCE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRESHWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAAR; MESOCOSM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84857641592     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19380.x     Document Type: Article

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