Fish determine macroinvertebrate food webs and assemblage structure in Greenland subarctic streams
1. Climate warming in (sub) arctic regions is expected to increase freshwater fish overwinter survival and dispersal, potentially with strong implications for macroinvertebrate assemblage composition and ecosystem processes. Several studies worldwide have shown large effects of top predators (usuall...
Published in: | Freshwater Biology |
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FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
2014
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31464 https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12386 |
Summary: | 1. Climate warming in (sub) arctic regions is expected to increase freshwater fish overwinter survival and dispersal, potentially with strong implications for macroinvertebrate assemblage composition and ecosystem processes. Several studies worldwide have shown large effects of top predators (usually fish) on macroinvertebrates in streams. However, the influence of top predators on trophic diversity, the range of food resources exploited and trophic niche redundancy is less well studied, particularly in cold regions. |
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