Average functional distinctness as a measure of the composition of assemblages

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1462-1468

  Somerfield, Paul J ^a   Clarke, K Robert ^a   Warwick, Richard M ^a   Dulvy, Nick K ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Functional distinctness; Marine; Monitoring; Relatedness; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; MARINE POLLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 53849137313     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn118     Document Type: Article

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