Scale-dependent spatial and temporal variability in biogeography of mangrove root epibiont communities

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-66

  Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Community structure; Epibionts; Mangroves; Marine invertebrates; Mosaic diversity; Rhizophora mangle; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIBIONT; EPIBIONTS; MANGROVE ROOT; MANGROVE SWAMPS; RED MANGROVE; SCALE-DEPENDENT VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BELIZE;

EID: 0030437525     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963480     Document Type: Article

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