Cross-community congruence of patterns in a marine ecosystem: Do the parts reflect the whole?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 47-54

  Karakassis, I ^a   Machias, A ^b   Pitta, P ^b   Papadopoulou, K N ^b   Smith, C J ^b   Apostolaki, E T ^a,b   Giannoulaki, M ^b   Koutsoubas, D ^c   Somarakis, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community structure; Demersal fish; Diversity; Macrofauna; Megafauna; Microzooplankton

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; FAUNA; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 33646235862     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310047     Document Type: Article

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