Metabolic dependence of phytoplankton species richness

• Main Authors: Izaguirre, Irina, Saad, Juan Francisco
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: America; Antarctica; Europe; Lakes; Metabolic theory of ecology; Phytoplankton biodiversity; biodiversity; body size; growth rate; lake ecosystem; phytoplankton; relative abundance; species richness; temperature effect; Argentina; Denmark; Spain; Tierra del Fuego [(PRV) Argentina]; United States; Pampa; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1466822X_v24_n4_p472_Segura; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1466822X_v24_n4_p472_Segura

Aim: To analyse the dependence of phytoplankton species richness on temperature within the framework of the metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) with explicit consideration of its assumptions and predictions. Location: Lakes from the Southern Hemisphere - South America (Argentinean Pampa to Tierra del...