The influence of environmental, biotic and spatial factors on diatom metacommunity structure in Swedish headwater streams.

Stream assemblages are structured by a combination of local (environmental filtering and biotic interactions) and regional factors (e.g., dispersal related processes). The relative importance of environmental and spatial (i.e., regional) factors structuring stream assemblages has been frequently ass...

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Main Authors: Emma Göthe, David G Angeler, Steffi Gottschalk, Stefan Löfgren, Leonard Sandin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3744466?pdf=render