Elements of metacommunity structure and community-environment relationships in stream organisms

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 973-988

  Heino, Jani ^a   Nokela, Tiina ^a   Soininen, Janne ^b   Tolkkinen, Mikko ^a   Virtanen, Laura ^b   Virtanen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biological communities; Bryophytes; Diatoms; Fresh waters; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; GLEASONIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84926312770     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12556     Document Type: Article

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