Disturbances have the potential to profoundly alter system dynamics, by changing species diversity, structure and function, and by generating significant spatial and temporal heterogeneity in aquatic habitats. However, the variability of ecosystem structure and function is seldom explicitly considered as a response variable and can reveal underlying mechanisms associated with ecological change. These projects will explore this disturbance-variance relationship to examine aquatic ecosystem response across multiple temporal and spatial scales using both high-frequency and long-term monitoring data: 1) ...
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