Fish diversity patterns in the Mediterranean Sea: Deviations from a mid-domain model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 376, Issue , 2009, Pages 253-267

  Lasram, Frida Ben Rais ^a,b   Guilhaumon, François ^a   Mouillot, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Autoregressive models; Geographical Information System; Geometric constraints; Mediterranean Sea; Null model; Primary production; Species pattern; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; SUEZ CANAL;

PISCES;

EID: 62249159254     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07786     Document Type: Article

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