Marine metapopulations: A useful concept?

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 222-228

  Grimm, Volker ^a   Reise, Karsten ^b   Strasser, Matthias ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal; Dispersal; Metapopulation; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842324352     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0121-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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