Similarity of rocky intertidal assemblages along the Pacific coast of Japan: Effects of spatial scales and geographic distance

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-435

  Nakaoka, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Norihiko ^a   Yamamoto, Tomoko ^b   Okuda, Takehiro ^c   Noda, Takashi ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographic distance; Hierarchical design; Marine benthic organisms; Multivariate analyses; Pacific coast of Japan

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746432033     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0138-6     Document Type: Article

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