Mckie, Brendan
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2013
Trophic complexity enhances ecosystem functioning in an aquatic detritus-based model system
Jabiol, Jérémy; Mckie, Brendan; Bruder, Andreas; Bernadet, Caroline; Gessner, Mark O.; Chauvet, Eric
Abstract
4. Our results thus highlight the importance of interactive effects of simultaneous species loss within multiple trophic levels on ecosystem functioning. If a common phenomenon, this outcome suggests that functional ecosystem impairment resulting from widespread biodiversity loss could be more severe than inferred from previous experiments confined to varying diversity within single trophic levels.
Keywords
aquatic hyphomycetes; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; detritivores; fungi; litter decomposition; shredders; stream; trophic cascade
Published in
Journal of Animal Ecology
2013, Volume: 82, number: 5, pages: 1042-1051
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
SLU Authors
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG15 Life on land
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12079
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50866