Temporal scales and patterns of invertebrate biodiversity dynamics in boreal lakes recovering from acidification

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1172-1186

  Angeler, David G ^a   Johnson, Richard K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal lake invertebrates; Community ecology; Complex adaptive systems; Lake acidification; Recovery; Scales; Sweden; Time series modeling

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION POLICY; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

SWEDEN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863003828     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1474.1     Document Type: Article

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