Niche-assembly vs. dispersal-assembly rules in coastal fish metacommunities: Implications for management of biodiversity in brackish lagoons

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 760-767

  Mouillot, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fishing pressure; Habitat preservation; Heterogeneity; Invasion; Niche; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL LAGOON; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; FISH; NICHE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

PISCES;

EID: 34447093368     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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