Predicting the effects of habitat homogenization on marine biodiversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1636-1642

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Gray, John S ^b   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Ugland, Karl I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Habitat diversity; Habitat homogenization; Marine benthos; Marine soft sediments; Seafloor disturbance; Species richness; Trawling effects seafloor

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SEA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 33749581679     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1636:PTEOHH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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