Comparison of tidepool phytal ostracod abundance and assemblage structure on three spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 201-208

  Hull, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Assemblage structure; Diversity; Marine ostracods; Meiofauna; Rocky shores; Similarity; Spatial scale; Tidepools

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; HIRSCHMANNIA VIRIDIS; OSTRACODA; SEMICYTHERURA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0033546132     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182201     Document Type: Article

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