Assessing spatial and temporal patchiness of the autotrophic ciliate Myrionecta rubra: A case study in a coastal lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 268, Issue , 2004, Pages 55-67

  Bulit, Celia ^a   Díaz Ávalos, Carlos ^b   Montagnes, David J S ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional simulation; Geostatistics; Mesodinium rubrum; Mexico; Ordinary kriging; Variographic analysis

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CILIOPHORA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; MYRIONECTA RUBRA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1842526104     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps268055     Document Type: Article

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