Power law relationships among hierarchical taxonomic categories in algae reveal a new paradox of the plankton

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 528-535

  Passy, Sophia I ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Benthos; Biodiversity; Diatoms; NAWQA; Periphyton; Phytoplankton; Powerlaw; Scaling; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIODIVERSITY; PLANKTON; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE;

EID: 33748205470     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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