Phytoplankton niches, traits and eco-evolutionary responses to global environmental change

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 470, Issue , 2012, Pages 235-248

  Litchman, Elena ^a,b   Edwards, Kyle F ^a   Klausmeier, Christopher A ^a,b   Thomas, Mridul K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Climate change; Community; Ecological niche; Experimental evolution; Trade off; Trait based approach

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84870838094     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09912     Document Type: Article

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