The integral structure of a benthic infaunal assemblage

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-18

  Warwick, R M ^a   Dashfield, S L ^a   Somerfield, P J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Community composition; Dispersion patterns; Diversity; Dominance; Fractal; Isles of Scilly; Macrobenthos; Meiobenthos; Sandflat

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLES OF SCILLY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

METAZOA;

EID: 32944477708     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

1. A.I. Azovsky, M.V. Chertoprood, N.V. Kucheruk, P.V. Rybnikov, and F.V. Sapozhnikov Fractal properties of spatial distribution of intertidal benthic communities Mar. Biol. 136 2000 581 590
2. G. Bell, M.J. Lechowicz, A. Appenzeller, M. Chandler, E. Deblois, L. Jackson, B. Mackenzie, R. Presiosi, M. Schallenberg, and N. Tinker The spatial structure of the physical environment Oecologia 96 1993 114 121
3. P.J.S. Boaden Meiofauna and the origin of the Metazoa Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 96 1989 217 227
4. J.H. Brown, V.K. Gupta, B.-L. Li, B.T. Milne, C. Restrepo, and G.B. West The fractal nature of nature: power laws, ecological complexity and biodiversity Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 357 2002 619 626
5. Clarke, K.R., Chapman, M.G., Somerfield, P.J., Needham, H.R., in press. Dispersion-based weighting of species counts in assemblage analyses. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
6. J. Erlandsson, C.D. McQuaid, and V.E. Kostylev Contrasing spatial heterogeneity of sessile organisms within mussels (Perna perna L.) beds in relation to topographic variability J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 314 2005 79 97
7. J.M. Gee, and R.M. Warwick Body-size distribution in a marine metazoan community and the fractal dimensions of macroalgae J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 178 1994 247 259
8. N.A. Holme, and A.D. McIntyre Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos 2nd edition 1984 Blackwell Oxford 387 pp.
9. M.A. Kendall, R.M. Warwick, and P.J. Somerfield Species size distributions in Arctic benthic communities Polar Biol. 17 1997 389 392
10. P.J.D. Lambshead, H.M. Platt, and K.M. Shaw The detection of differences among assemblages of marine benthic species based on an assessment of dominance and diversity J. Nat. Hist. 17 1983 859 874
11. P. Schwinghamer Characteristic size distributions of integral benthic communities Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 38 1981 1255 1263
12. R.R. Strathmann Feeding and nonfeeding larval development and life-history evolution in marine invertebrates Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 16 1985 339 361
13. D. Strayer The size structure of a lacustrine zoobenthic community Oecologia 69 1986 513 516
14. R.M. Warwick Species size distributions in marine benthic communities Oecologia 61 1984 32 41
15. R.M. Warwick The role of meiofauna in the marine ecosystem: evolutionary considerations Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 96 1989 229 241
16. R.M. Warwick, and K.R. Clarke Relationships between body size, species abundance and diversity in marine benthic assemblages: facts or artifacts? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 202 1996 63 71
17. R.M. Warwick, and I.R. Joint The size distribution of organisms in the Celtic Sea: from bacteria to Metazoa Oecologia 73 1987 185 191
18. R.M. Warwick, N.R. Collins, J.M. Gee, and C.L. George Species size distributions of benthic and pelagic Metazoa: evidence for interaction? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 34 1986 63 68