Is eutrophication really a major impairment for small waterbody biodiversity?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 415-425

  Rosset, Véronique ^a,b,c   Angélibert, Sandrine ^a   Arthaud, Florent ^d,e   Bornette, Gudrun ^e   Robin, Joël ^d,e   Wezel, Alexander ^d   Vallod, Dominique ^d,e   Oertli, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UR MALY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Dragonflies; Freshwaters; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Nutrient status; Ponds and small lakes; Species richness; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STATUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84896403554     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12201     Document Type: Article

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