Human development modifies the functional composition of lake littoral invertebrate communities

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 775, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 167-184

  Twardochleb, Laura A ^a,b   Olden, Julian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Lake habitat; Life history traits; Littoral macroinvertebrates; Urban development

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD WEB; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84960445654     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2727-5     Document Type: Article

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