Desiccation of rock pool habitats and its influence on population persistence in a Daphnia metacommunity.

Habitat instability has an important influence on species' occurrence and community composition. For freshwater arthropods that occur in ephemeral rock pools, the most drastic habitat instabilities are droughts and the intermittent availability of water. However, although the desiccation of a r...

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Main Authors: Florian Altermatt, V Ilmari Pajunen, Dieter Ebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2650095?pdf=render