Demersal ichthyofaunal distribution in the abyssal North Atlantic revisited: The effect of sample size on ordination

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 173, Issue , 1998, Pages 267-274

  Merrett, N R ^a   Fasham, M J R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abyssal ichthyofauna; Distribution; MDS ordination; NE Atlantic; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SAMPLING;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0032512048     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps173267     Document Type: Article

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