Environmental controls on river assemblages at the regional scale: An application of the elements of metacommunity structure framework

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Tonkin, Jonathan D ^a   Sundermann, Andrea ^a   Jähnig, Sonja C ^b   Haase, Peter ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METACOMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; GERMANY;

GERMANY; RIVERS;

EID: 84942909698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135450     Document Type: Article

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