Multi-scaled drivers of ecosystem state: Quantifying the importance of the regional spatial scale

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1603-1618

  Cheruvelil, K S ^a   Soranno, P A ^a   Webster, K E ^a,b   Bremigan, M T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Ecoregions; Hydrogeomorphic; Lakes; Landscape limnology; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; LANDSCAPE; LIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84886536864     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1872.1     Document Type: Article

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