Effects of climate-driven temperature changes on the diversity of freshwater macroinvertebrates

@article{Burgmer2006EffectsOC,
  title={Effects of climate-driven temperature changes on the diversity of freshwater macroinvertebrates},
  author={Tanja Burgmer and Helmut Hillebrand and Markus Pfenninger},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={2006},
  volume={151},
  pages={93-103}
}
Increasing temperatures due to climate change were found to influence abundance and timing of species in numerous ways. Whereas many studies have investigated climate-induced effects on the phenology and abundance of single species, less is known about climate-driven shifts in the diversity and composition of entire communities. Analyses of long-term data sets provide the potential to reveal such relationships. We analysed time series of entire communities of macrozoobenthos in lakes and… 
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