Summary: How do we understand how aquatic ecosystems respond to environmental change? In rare cases we can manipulate whole lakes or streams, but a more tractable approach uses microcosms to study fundamental community and ecosystem processes at a manageable scale. Listen to learn more about how microcosms can be used in aquatic ecology and one particular example from the ecosystems inside the leaves of the purple pitcher plant.
People:
Casey terHorst, Associate Professor at California State University Northridge
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