Appropriate levels of taxonomic discrimination in deep-sea studies: Species vs family

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 257, Issue , 2003, Pages 59-68

  Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E ^a   Nickell, Thomas D ^a   Gage, John D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Families; Macrobenthos; Species; Taxonomic discrimination

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0041353719     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps257059     Document Type: Article

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