Scales of spatial variation in Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages at different depths

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 332, Issue , 2007, Pages 25-39

  Terlizzi, Antonio ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^b   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Depth gradient; Hierarchical analyses; Spatial scales; Subtidal sessile assemblages; Variance components

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ROCKY SHORE; SCALE EFFECT; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34047153246     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps332025     Document Type: Article

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