Patterns of species number and abundance in macroalgal communities in coastal waters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 511, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-183

  Middelboe, Anne Lise ^a,b,c   Sand Jensen, Kaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evenness; Rank abundance; Rank consistency; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER;

HABITAT SIZE; NUTRIENTS;

ALGAE;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL COMMUNITY; COASTAL WATER; MACROALGA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA;

EID: 1542291189     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000014039.00942.8c     Document Type: Article

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