Taxonomic sufficiency in distinguishing natural spatial patterns on an estuarine shoreline

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 41-49

  Dethier, Megan N ^a   Schoch, G Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic biota; Estuarine gradients; Monitoring; Multivariate analyses; Species richness; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; MONITORING; SHORELINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 32644435766     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306041     Document Type: Article

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