Rare species, habitat diversity and functional redundancy in marine benthos

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-301

  Ellingsen, Kari E ^b   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological traits; Conservation; Habitat diversity; Habitat heterogeneity; Marine soft sediments; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; RANGE SIZE; RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 36248941938     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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