Publications by authors named "Katri E Tolonen"
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- The study investigated how species traits and environmental factors affect the diversity of diatom and macroinvertebrate communities by analyzing both taxonomically-based and traits-based compositional distances.
- The results showed that taxonomically-based diversity experienced greater variation than traits-based diversity, with turnover being a significant factor in taxonomical diversity, while nestedness played a larger role in traits-based diversity.
- The findings indicate that environmental filtering significantly influences community differences across various biological groups, highlighting the need for both taxonomic and traits-based approaches to fully understand community organization in aquatic ecosystems.
Rapid agricultural development has induced severe environmental problems to freshwater ecosystems. In this study, we aimed to examine the structure and environmental determinants of macroinvertebrate assemblages in an agriculture dominated Lake Chaohu Basin, China. A cluster analysis of the macroinvertebrate communities identified four groups of sites that were characterized by significantly different macroinvertebrate species.
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