TY - T1 - Diversity and distribution across a large environmental and spatial gradient: Evaluating the taxonomic and functional turnover, transitions and environmental drivers of benthic diatom communities SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/334642 T3 - A1 - Virta, Leena; Soininen, Janne; Norkko, Alf A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Aim Global biodiversity loss has raised interest in understanding variation in diversity at different scales. In particular, studies conducted across large spatial gradients are crucial, because they can increase perspectives on how ecological patterns change relative to environmental factors and facilitate predictions of possible responses to environmental change. We explored the full extent of a brackish sea to test the hypotheses that: (a) benthic communities are defined by the limited ranges... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - beta diversity; brackish; diatoms; diversity; functional; gradient; limited ranges; Remane curve; salinity; tipping points; BALTIC SEA; BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; PATTERNS; CLIMATE; ORDINATION; RESPONSES; SALINITY; NUTRIENT; SCALE; 1172 Environmental sciences; 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology N1 - PP - ER -