Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6332676 | Science of The Total Environment | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The trait-based ordination resulted in a higher explained variance than the taxonomy-based ordination, indicating a better performance of the trait-based approach, resulting in a better discrimination between saline and non-saline sites. Our results are in general agreement with other studies from Europe, indicating a trait convergence for saline streams, being dominated by the traits ovoviviparity and multivoltinism. Three further traits (respiration by gill, life cycle duration and shredders) responded strongly to salinization, but this may primarily be attributed to the dominance of a single invasive species, G. tigrinus, at the saline sites in the Werra River.
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Authors
Eduard Szöcs, Eckhard Coring, Jürgen Bäthe, Ralf B. Schäfer,