Drought alters the structure and functioning of complex food webs

Mark E. Ledger (), Lee E. Brown, François K. Edwards, Alexander M. Milner and Guy Woodward
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Mark E. Ledger: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Lee E. Brown: School of Geography/water@leeds, University of Leeds
François K. Edwards: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Alexander M. Milner: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Guy Woodward: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 3, 223-227

Abstract: Climatic changes could transform rivers as drought becomes more frequent with potentially severe, but largely unknown, consequences at multispecies levels of organization. Now research shows experimentally how the intensification of drought may alter the underlying structure and functioning of freshwater food webs.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1684

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