Predation and competition effects on the size diversity of aquatic communities

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-57

  Quintana, Xavier D ^a   Arim, Matías ^b   Badosa, Anna ^c,e   Blanco, José María ^d   Boix, Dani ^a   Brucet, Sandra ^e,k   Compte, Jordi ^a   Egozcue, Juan J ^f   de Eyto, Elvira ^g   Gaedke, Ursula ^h   Gascón, Stéphanie ^a   de Solá, Luis Gil ⁱ   Irvine, Kenneth ^j   Jeppesen, Erik ^k   Lauridsen, Torben L ^k   López Flores, Rocío ^a,l   Mehner, Thomas ^m   Romo, Susana ⁿ   Søndergaard, Martin ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^j TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^m LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Competition; Compositional data analysis; Fish; Phytoplankton; Predation; Size distribution; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922073748     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-014-0368-1     Document Type: Article

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