Robustness of surrogates of biodiversity in marine benthic communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2264-2275

  Magierowski, Regina H ^a   Johnson, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity surrogates; Diversity; Ecklonia radiata; Kelp holdfasts; Macrofauna; Multivariate analyses; Richness; Southern australia; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AGE STRUCTURE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; MOLLUSC; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33845476544     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2264:ROSOBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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