Prey size diversity hinders biomass trophic transfer and predator size diversity promotes it in Planktonic Communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1824, 2016, Pages

  García Comas, Carmen ^a,c   Sastri, Akash R ^d   Ye, Lin ^e   Chang, Chun Yi ^a   Lin, Fan Sian ^a   Su, Min Sian ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^f   Hsieh, Chih Hao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Body size; Functional diversity; Predator prey dynamics; Size diversity; Trophic transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANKTON; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; TAIWAN;

BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANKTON; TAIWAN;

EID: 84958811616     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2129     Document Type: Article

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