The habitat template of phytoplankton morphology-based functional groups

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Kruk, Carla ^a,b   Segura, Angel M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

CART; Environmental change; Functional groups; Morphological traits; Random forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84866979991     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1072-6     Document Type: Article

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