Assessing evidence for random assembly of marine benthic communities from regional species pools

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 382, Issue , 2009, Pages 279-286

  Somerfield, P J ^a   Arvanitidis, C ^b   Faulwetter, S ^b   Chatzigeorgiou, G ^b   Vasileiadou, A ^b   Amouroux, J M ^b   Anisimova, N ^b   Cochrane, S J ^b   Craeymeersch, J ^b   Dahle, S ^b   Denisenko, S ^b   Dounas, K ^b   Duineveld, G ^b   Gremare A ^b   Heip, C H R ^b   Herrmann, M ^b   Karakassis, I ^b   Kedra M ^b   Kendall, M A ^b   Kingston, P ^b   Kotwicki, L ^b   Labrune, C ^b   Laudien, J ^b   Nevrova, H ^b   Nicolaidou, A ^b   Occhipinti Ambrogi, A ^b   Palerud, R ^b   Petrov, A ^b   Rachor, E ^b   Revkov, N ^b   Rumohr, H ^b   Sarda R ^b   Janas, U ^b   Vanden Berghe, E ^b   Wlodarska Kowalczuk M ^b   more..

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benthos; Community assembly; Local regional relationships; Soft sediment; Species pools; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSEMBLY RULE; BENTHOS; DATABASE; DISTURBANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; TAXONOMY;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 66649136488     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07934     Document Type: Article

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