Species richness and cell-size distribution: Size structure of phytoplankton communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 357, Issue , 2008, Pages 79-85

  Cermeño, Pedro ^a   Figueiras, Francisco G ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell size; Community structure; Macroecology; Phytoplankton; Population abundance; Self organization; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY FLOW; MACROECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SELF ORGANIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 43249085239     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07293     Document Type: Article

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