Integrating field data and a meta-ecosystem model to study the effects of multiple terrestrial disturbances on small stream ecosystem function ...
Environmental stressors such as land development and climate change are key drivers of biodiversity loss. These stressors operate across a range of spatial and temporal scales and can propagate throughout the landscape. Meta-ecosystem theory can be used to develop models that represent these importa...
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ftdatacite:10.48336/z24m-sx72 2024-04-28T08:28:51+00:00 Integrating field data and a meta-ecosystem model to study the effects of multiple terrestrial disturbances on small stream ecosystem function ... Adams, Hannah 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/z24m-sx72 https://research.library.mun.ca/16286/ en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48336/z24m-sx72 2024-04-02T09:38:34Z Environmental stressors such as land development and climate change are key drivers of biodiversity loss. These stressors operate across a range of spatial and temporal scales and can propagate throughout the landscape. Meta-ecosystem theory can be used to develop models that represent these important cross-ecosystem interactions; however, these models are rarely applied to real ecosystems. We derived a meta-ecosystem model based on empirical data from the island of Newfoundland, Canada to predict how terrestrial disturbances (i.e., forestry, insect outbreaks, roads) will impact the functioning of small streams. Top statistical models for our empirical data showed that benthic invertebrate biomass increased with road density in the stream catchment as did erosion indicators (i.e., specific conductivity), while forest disturbance reduced the proportion of shredders in the benthic invertebrate community. We used disturbance simulations in the meta-ecosystem model to untangle mechanisms for how individual ... Text Newfoundland DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Environmental stressors such as land development and climate change are key drivers of biodiversity loss. These stressors operate across a range of spatial and temporal scales and can propagate throughout the landscape. Meta-ecosystem theory can be used to develop models that represent these important cross-ecosystem interactions; however, these models are rarely applied to real ecosystems. We derived a meta-ecosystem model based on empirical data from the island of Newfoundland, Canada to predict how terrestrial disturbances (i.e., forestry, insect outbreaks, roads) will impact the functioning of small streams. Top statistical models for our empirical data showed that benthic invertebrate biomass increased with road density in the stream catchment as did erosion indicators (i.e., specific conductivity), while forest disturbance reduced the proportion of shredders in the benthic invertebrate community. We used disturbance simulations in the meta-ecosystem model to untangle mechanisms for how individual ... |
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