Windows of opportunity: the timing of dispersal events influences zooplankton community response to environmental change in Subarctic ponds

• Main Author: Symons, Celia Claire
• Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Zooplankton; Community ecology; Canada; Freed; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7472

Theoretical and empirical work has shown that community diversity and composition can be influenced by both local conditions and dispersal from a regional species pool. This may be especially true shortly after environmental disturbances, because perturbations can provide spatial or temporal niche o...