Abundance variability of benthic intertidal species: Effects of changing scale on patterns perception

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 637-648

  Pech, Daniel ^a,b   Ardisson, Pedro Luis ^b   Bourget, Edwin ^c   Condal, Alfonso R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Cinvestav ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DATA SET; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PERCEPTION; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 35848959033     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.04935.x     Document Type: Article

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