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Mongabay: Ecosystems with higher levels of biodiversity tend to better cope with more stress than those with less biodiversity, finds a new study published in Ecology Letters.
The results are based on analysis of 64 species of single-celled microalgae. The scientists, led by Bastian Steudel of the University of Zurich, looked at how different assemblages of algae responded to different stressors like higher temperatures or salt concentrations. The researchers used biomass production as an indicator for......
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Diversity helps ecosystems cope with stress
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 7th, 2012
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