Phytoplankton functional group dynamics explain species abundance distribution in a directionally changing environment

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3335-3343

  Tsai, Cheng Han ^a   Miki, Takeshi ^a,b   Chang, Chun Wei ^a,b   Ishikawa, Kanako ^c   Ichise, Satoshi ^c   Kumagai, Michio ^c,d   Hsieh, Chih Hao ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functional response group; Lake Biwa; Lake environmental changes; Phytoplankton biodiversity; Reservoir management; Species abundance distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; RARE SPECIES;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

EID: 84920053402     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1946.1     Document Type: Article

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