A comparison of statistical approaches to analyzing community convergence between natural and constructed oyster reefs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-95

  Walters, Keith ^a   Coen, Loren D ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOSIM; Bray Curtis dissimilarity; Community composition; Convergence; ECOSIM; Habitat restoration; Intertidal; MANOVA; Oyster reefs; PCA; PERMANOVA; Resident fauna; Taxonomic similarity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT CREATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SIMILARITY INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 32944456615     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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