• DOI:10.1007/s00442-007-0877-x
Corpus ID: 484645

Low oxygen pressure as a driving factor for the altitudinal decline in taxon richness of stream macroinvertebrates

@article{Jacobsen2007LowOP,
  title={Low oxygen pressure as a driving factor for the altitudinal decline in taxon richness of stream macroinvertebrates},
  author={D. Jacobsen},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={2007},
  volume={154},
  pages={795-807}
}

D. Jacobsen

Published 2007

Biology, Medicine

Oecologia

The objective of this study was to explore the altitudinal decrease in local richness of stream macroinvertebrates. I compared the explicatory power of a mid-domain effect (MDE) null model and a number of selected contemporary ecological variables, with a special emphasis on the altitude-mediated decrease in temperature and oxygen availability as possible driving factors for the observed pattern. Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled at 30 stream sites between 2,600 and 4,000 m a.s.l. in… CONTINUE READING

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