The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos

Autor: Carlo H. R. Heip, Peter M. J. Herman
Přispěvatelé: Spatial Ecology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Hydrobiologia, 142, 281-290. Springer Netherlands
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ISSN: 0018-8158
Popis: The predictability of temporal changes was analysed in the population density of three meiobenthic copepod species, and for three parameters characterizing this community. For Paranychocamptus nanus and Tachidius discipes a large part of the variation in time scales longer than 1 year is explainable as cyclic factors. In P. nanus clear cycles with periods of 2 years and 1.5 years were found. These cyclic factors can be extrapolated for prediction. In Canuella perplexa almost all the variation was due to unpredictable long-term drift. Community parameters are generally better predicted than population densities. In our data set total density of the copepods was the best parameter to monitor. Monitoring does not necessitate a strict sampling scheme; irregular quarterly sampling from the P. nanus series showed that the essential features of the series were still discernible.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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