Effects of temperature, salinity and fish in structuring the macroinvertebrate community in shallow lakes: Implications for effects of climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Brucet, Sandra ^a,b   Boix, Dani ^c   Nathansen, Louise W ^a   Quintana, Xavier D ^c   Jensen, Elisabeth ^a   Balayla, David ^a   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,d   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,e,f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^f Sino Danish Educational and Research Centre   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DENSITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DENMARK; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TIME;

INORGANIC SALT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DENMARK; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857683955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030877     Document Type: Article

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