Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: Insights from the MacroBen database

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 382, Issue , 2009, Pages 239-252

  Renaud, P E ^a   Webb, T J ^b   Bjorgesaeter A ^b   Karakassis, I ^b   Kedra M ^b   Kendall, M A ^b   Labrune, C ^b   Lampadariou, N ^b   Somerfield, P J ^b   Wlodarska Kowalczuk M ^b   Vanden Berghe, E ^b   Claus, S ^b   Aleffi, I F ^b   Amouroux, J M ^b   Bryne, K H ^b   Cochrane, S J ^b   Dahle, S ^b   Degraer, S ^b   Denisenko, S G ^b   Deprez, T ^b   Dounas, C ^b   Fleischer, D ^b   Gil, J ^b   Gremare A ^b   Janas, U ^b   Mackie, A S Y ^b   Palerud, R ^b   Rumohr, H ^b   Sarda R ^b   Speybroeck, J ^b   Taboada, S ^b   Van Hoey, G ^b   Weslawski J M ^b   Whomersley, P ^b   Zettler, M L ^b   more..

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arctic; Baltic; Benthos; Biodiversity; Continental shelf; Latitude; Mediterranean; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CLINE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATABASE; INVERTEBRATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BALTIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 66649135606     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07963     Document Type: Article

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