Macroecology of the European soft sediment benthos: Insights from the MacroBen database

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 382, Issue , 2009, Pages 287-296

  Webb, T J ^a   Aleffi, I F ^b   Amouroux, J M ^b   Bachelet, G ^b   Degraer, S ^b   Dounas, C ^b   Fleischer, D ^b   Gremare A ^b   Herrmann, M ^b   Hummel, H ^b   Karakassis, I ^b   Kedra M ^b   Kendall, M A ^b   Kotwicki, L ^b   Labrune, C ^b   Nevrova, E L ^b   Occhipinti Ambrogi, A ^b   Petrov, A ^b   Revkov, N K ^b   Sarda R ^b   Simboura, N ^b   Speybroeck, J ^b   Van Hoey, G ^b   Vincx, M ^b   Whomersley, P ^b   Willems, W ^b   Wlodarska Kowalczuk M ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abundance occupancy relationships; Europe; Large marine ecosystems; Macrobenthic; Marine macroecology; Phylogeny; Species range size distributions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROBENTHOS; MACROECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66649088624     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07754     Document Type: Article

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