Fish and phytoplankton exhibit contrasting temporal species abundance patterns in a dynamic north temperate lake.

Temporal patterns of species abundance, although less well-studied than spatial patterns, provide valuable insight to the processes governing community assembly. We compared temporal abundance distributions of two communities, phytoplankton and fish, in a north temperate lake. We used both 17 years...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gretchen J A Hansen, Cayelan C Carey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4317179?pdf=render