Spatial heterogeneity of phytoplankton assemblages in tidepools: Effects of abiotic and biotic factors

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 179-199

  Metaxas, Anna ^a,b   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community regulation; Community structure; Intertidal gradient; Phytoplankton; Spatial scales; Tidepools; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL SCALES; TIDEPOOL; ZONATION;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0029668979     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130179     Document Type: Article

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