Patchiness in assemblages of epiphytic macroalgae on Posidonia coriacea at a hierarchy of spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 192, Issue , 2000, Pages 127-135

  Vanderklift, M A ^a,b   Lavery, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiphyte; Nested sampling design; Patchiness; Seagrass; Shoot density; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EPIPHYTE; PATCHINESS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA CORIACEA;

EID: 0242662016     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps192127     Document Type: Article

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