Trend, signal and noise in the ecology of Ostracoda: Information from rare species in low-diversity assemblages

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-189

  Slack, Jerry Marie ^a   Kaesler, Roger L ^b   Kontrovitz, Mervin ^c  

^a Bossier Parish Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Nile Delta; Ostracoda; Rare species; Sample size; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; NOISE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CYPRIDEIS TOROSA;

EID: 0034144078     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003936007861     Document Type: Article

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