Differences in species richness patterns between unicellular and multicellular organisms

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 114-124

  Hillebrand, Helmut ^a   Watermann, Frank ^b   Karez, Rolf ^c   Berninger, Ulrike G ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Diversity; Meta analysis; Protists; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; POLYCHAETA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035026806     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000492     Document Type: Article

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