Drivers and spatial structure of abiotic and biotic properties of lakes, wetlands, and streams at the national scale.

ABSTRACT: Broad-scale studies have improved our ability to make predictions about how freshwater biotic and abiotic properties will respond to changes in climate and land use intensification. Further, fine-scaled studies of lakes, wetlands, or streams have documented the important role of hydrologic connections for understanding many freshwater biotic and abiotic processes. However, lakes, wetlands, and streams are typically studied in isolation of one another at both fine and broad scales. Therefore, it is not known whether these three freshwater types (lakes, wetlands, and streams) respond similarly to ecosystem and watershed drivers nor how they may respond to future global stresses. In this study, we asked, do lake, wetland, and stream biotic and abiotic properties respond to similar ecosystem a

SUBMITTER: King K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7337605 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature