Spatial variation in subtidal plant communities around the Socotra Archipelago and their biogeographic affinities within the Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 103-114

  Schils, Tom ^a   Coppejans, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Algae; Arabian Sea; Biogeography; Indian Ocean; Seagrasses; Seaweeds; Socotra

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HALOPHILA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0038404697     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps251103     Document Type: Article

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