Environmental randomness underlies morphological complexity of colonial diatoms

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 690-695

  Passy, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Evolutionary strategy; Fractal dimension; Niche breadth; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; STOCHASTICITY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036792408     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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