Assemblage structure, but not diversity or density, change with depth on a northeast Pacific seamount

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 14-25

  McClain, Craig R ^a   Lundsten, Lonny ^b   Barry, James ^b   DeVogelaere, Andrew ^c  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Assemblage structure; Bathymetric; Beta diversity; Density; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 78149389612     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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