Large-scale geographic patterns of diversity and community structure of pelagic crustacean zooplankton in Canadian lakes

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 784 - 795
• Main Authors: Pinel-Alloul, Bernadette, André, Adrien, Legendre, Pierre, Cardille, Jeffrey A., Patalas, Kasimierz, Salki, Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2013; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Canada; Community structure; continental scale; Crustacea; Crustaceans; diversity; ecoprovinces; Flowers & plants; Fresh water ecosystems; Freshwater; Freshwater ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Hypotheses; Invertebrates; Lakes; Large-scale patterns; Limnology; Marine biology; pelagic crustacean zooplankton; Plankton; Renewable energy; Solar radiation; Species; Subject terms; Synecology; Zooplankton; Canada; North America; America; Community structure; Diversity; Large-scale patterns; Biogeography; Ecology; Pelagic zone; continental scale; Freshwater environment; Crustacea; Canada; ecoprovinces; Arthropoda; Lakes; Large scale; Invertebrata; Zooplankton; pelagic crustacean zooplankton

Aim: We tested the energy and metabolic theories for explaining diversity patterns of crustacean Zooplankton in Canadian lakes, and evaluated the influence of regional and local environments on community structure. Location: The 1665 studied lakes are distributed across Canada in 47 ecoprovinces. Me...