Latitudinal consistency of biomass size spectra - benthic resilience despite environmental, taxonomic and functional trait variability
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60889-4
Abstract: Global warming is expected to cause reductions in organism body size, a fundamental biological unit important in determining biological processes. Possible effects of increasing temperature on biomass size spectra in coastal benthic communities were investigated.… read more here.
Keywords: taxonomic functional; biomass size; biomass; variability ... See more keywords
Variations in body-size spectra of periphytic ciliates at different depths: a case study in coastal waters of the Yellow Sea
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DOI: 10.1071/mf18186
Abstract: Body-size spectra are inherent characteristics of organisms that can be used to summarise the functional structure of a community and thus be used in both ecological studies and biomonitoring programs. In order to determine the… read more here.
Keywords: body size; size; size spectra; coastal waters ... See more keywords
Reef communities show predictable undulations in linear abundance size spectra from copepods to sharks.
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DOI: 10.1111/ele.13844
Abstract: Among the more widely accepted general hypotheses in ecology is that community relationships between abundance and body size follow a log-linear size spectrum, from the smallest consumers to the largest predators (i.e. 'bacteria to whales').… read more here.
Keywords: communities show; abundance; size; reef communities ... See more keywords