The role of ecological drift in structuring periphytic diatom communities

• Published in: Journal of Freshwater Ecology
• Main Authors: Casey R. Remmer, Courtney D. Robichaud, Heather Polowyk, Rebecca Rooney
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Subjects: biodiversity; diatoms; ecological drift; lake size; old crow flats; periphyton; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Old Crow Flats; Drift Lake; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2019.1614104; https://doaj.org/article/4368e7b1891c451aa120adf58074a43f

The need to understand the influence of high-level factors that shape species richness and population size is becoming more important as global biodiversity losses threaten biotic communities. Here we investigate the influence of ecological drift on periphytic diatom community composition in arctic...