Reproducibility of the multi-component aspect of species diversity across different areas and scales: Towards the constitution of a shortlist of complementary indices for monitoring fish diversity?

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1123-1135

  Gaertner, Jean Claude ^a   Mérigot, Bastien ^a   Rélini, Giulio ^b   Bertrand, Jacques A ^c   Mazouni, Nabila ^d   Politou, Chrissi Yianna ^e   Gil De Sola, Luis ^f   Kallianiotis, Argyris ^g   Carpentieri, Paolo ^h   Murenu, Matteo ⁱ   Durbec, Jean Pierre ^a   Vrgoc, Nedo ^j   Ungaro, Nicola ^k  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^e Hellenic Center for Marine Research   (Germany)

^f F   (Spain)

^g Fisheries Research Inst   (Germany)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRAWL NET;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650338620     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06259.x     Document Type: Article

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