Life history mediates large-scale population ecology in marine benthic taxa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 396, Issue , 2009, Pages 293-306

  Webb, Thomas J ^a   Tyler, Elizabeth H M ^a   Somerfield, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance occupancy relationships; Biological traits; Body size; Comparative methods; Macroecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 73649120657     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08253     Document Type: Article

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