Scaling patterns of plankton diversity: A study of ciliates in a tropical coastal lagoon

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 624, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-44

  Bulit, Celia ^a   Díaz Ávalos, Carlos ^b   Montagnes, David J S ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b IIMAS UNAM   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity patchiness; Geostatistics; H'diversity index; M xico; Microplankton; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; LAKES; LIQUEFACTION OF GASES; METAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS;

DIVERSITY PATCHINESS; GEOSTATISTICS; H'DIVERSITY INDEX; MICROPLANKTON; SPATIAL SCALES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CILIATE; COASTAL LAGOON; DATABASE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MICROPLANKTON; MORPHOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 60449102231     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9664-x     Document Type: Article

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