Insight on invasions and resilience derived from spatiotemporal discontinuities of biomass at local and regional scales

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Angeler, David G ^a   Allen, Craig R ^b,c   Johnson, Richard K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Alternative states; Biological invasions; Boreal lakes; Complex adaptive systems; Discontinuities; Landscape ecology; Panarchy; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

ALGAE; GONYOSTOMUM SEMEN; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RAPHIDOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84864469870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04928-170232     Document Type: Article

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