Relationship of species composition of tropical seagrass meadows to multiple physical environmental factors

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-96

  Tanaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kayanne, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Cluster; Depth; Distribution; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; HALODULE PINIFOLIA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 33846316033     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0189-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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