Alpha and beta diversity of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed: The relation between diversity and species' range size distribution

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 215, Issue , 2001, Pages 225-236

  De Troch, M ^a   Fiers, F ^a   Vincx, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecological range size; Harpacticoid copepods; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

RANGE SIZE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GAZI BAY; KENYA;

HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA STIPULACEA; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM;

EID: 0035978271     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps215225     Document Type: Article

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