Taxonomic distinctness and diversity measures: Responses in marine fish communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 227-229

  Hall, Stephen J ^a   Greenstreet, Simon P ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental perturbation; Fish communities; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; DEMERSAL FISH; TAXONOMIC RELATEDNESS;

NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032574944     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166227     Document Type: Article

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