Oxygen is a better predictor of macroinvertebrate richness than temperature-a systematic review

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 23002 - 23024
• Main Authors: Croijmans, L, De Jong, J F, Prins, H H T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Dissolved oxygen; Freshwater ecosystems; Generalized linear models; invertebrate; lotic; Macroinvertebrates; Meta-analysis; Mitigation; Model testing; Ordination; Oxygen; Oxygen content; Pattern analysis; Qualitative analysis; Quantitative analysis; Reviews; Statistical models; Systematic review; Taxonomy; temperature; Temperature effects

Despite ongoing loss of diversity in freshwater ecosystems, and despite mitigation measures to halt this loss, it is still not clear what ecological drivers underlies lotic biodiversity. A complicating factor is that two of the main drivers, oxygen and temperature, are correlated, and hence studies...