Plankton metacommunities in floodplain wetlands under contrasting hydrological conditions.

ABSTRACT: Species diversity is affected by processes operating at multiple spatial scales, although the most relevant scales that contribute to compositional variation and the temporal shifts of the involved mechanisms remain poorly explored. We studied spatial patterns of phytoplankton, rotifers and microcrustacean diversity across scales in a river floodplain system of the Danube in Austria under contrasting hydrological conditions (post-flood versus low water level).The species turnover between water sections (β2) and between wetlands (β3) was the major components of regional diversity for all studied groups, with species turnover between habitats (β1) as a minor contributor. β1 diversity and β2 diversity were lower than expected by chance in most cases, suggesting that communities are more homog

SUBMITTER: Chaparro G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993336 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature