Scale-dependent patterns of variability in species assemblages of the rocky intertidal at Helgoland (German Bight, North Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1319-1329

  Reichert, Katharina ^a   Buchholz, Friedrich ^a   Bartsch, Inka ^a   Kersten, Thomas ^b   Giménez, Luis ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HAFENCITY UNIVERSITY HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Elevation; Helgoland; Invertebrates; North Sea; Rocky intertidal; Spatial scales; Species abundance classes; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; INVERTEBRATE; MACROALGA; MONITORING; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 56549117738     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001926     Document Type: Article

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