A methodology for community-level hypothesis testing applied to detect trends in phytoplankton and fish communities in Irish waters

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-462

  Lynam, Christopher P ^a   Cusack, Caroline ^a   Stokes, David ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

climate change; community; fish; non parametric analysis; phytoplankton; temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; FISHERY SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

IRELAND;

DINOPHYCEAE; HETEROSIGMA;

EID: 77950301152     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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