Biodiversity evaluation of the macroalgal flora of the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea) using taxonomic distinctness indices

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 580, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-56

  Ceschia, Carlo ^a   Falace, Annalisa ^a   Warwick, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algal flora; Biodiversity; Northern Adriatic Sea; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); MARINE BIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALGAL FLORA; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; TAXONOMIC DISTINCTNESS;

TAXONOMIES;

BIODIVERSITY; FLORISTICS; MACROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33947505906     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0466-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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