Response of functional diversity of fish communities to habitat alterations in small lowland rivers
Fabrizio Stefani,
Emanuele Fasola,
Laura Marziali
et al.
Abstract:Functional diversity has proven to be more responsive than traditional taxonomic diversity to alterations for a wide set of communities, especially in aquatic ecosystems. Habitat alterations are among the most relevant causes of biodiversity loss in freshwater ecosystems, nevertheless their effect on functional diversity has been scarcely investigated so far. In this study, functional diversity of fish communities in the River Po basin, north Italy, were related to habitat quality at different spatial scales. … Show more
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