A functional deconstructive approach to mixotrophic phytoplankton responds better to local, regional and biogeographic predictors than species

The use of deconstructive approaches, such as functional classification models, can be an important tool for understanding aquatic systems. This study aimed to evaluate the distribution and community structure of mixotrophic flagellates in lakes of four large Brazilian floodplain systems, those of Amazon River, Araguaia River, Pantanal and upper Paraná River, in contrasting hydrological periods. A partial redundancy analysis (pRDA) was used to...