Regional plankton diversity as a buffer against environmental change in freshwater ecosystems

Many experiments show that species diversity at small, local scales affects ecosystems; however, conservation is concerned with extinctions of species across broad landscapes. The relevance of global or regional diversity to ecosystems therefore remains in question. I asked whether regional biodi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Patrick Lyn
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/17411