Latitudinal trends of species diversity in rocky intertidal herbivore assemblages: Spatial scale and the relationship between local and regional species richness

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 123-131

  Rivadeneira, Marcelo M ^a   Fernández, Miriam ^a   Navarrete, Sergio A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Latitudinal gradient; Rocky intertidal; Scale dependence; Species diversity; Species saturation

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LATITUDE; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037132713     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245123     Document Type: Article

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