Variance estimate and taxonomic resolution: An analysis of macrobenthic spatial patterns at different scales in a Western Mediterranean coastal lagoon

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Tataranni, M ^a   Maltagliati, F ^a   Floris, A ^b   Castelli, A ^a   Lardicci, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Macrobenthos; Monitoring; Multivariate analysis; Spatial scales; Taxonomic resolution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SCALES; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

DECISION MAKING; LAKES;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MACROBENTHOS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAGOON; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 67349087531     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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