Patterns in species richness, species density, and evenness in groundfish assemblages on the continental slope of the U.S. Pacific coast

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-256

  Tolimieri, Nick ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Depth; Evenness; Ground fish; Latitudinal gradient; Species density; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORRELATION; GADOID; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SEBASTOLOBUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 33846994352     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9093-5     Document Type: Article

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