Assembly processes in upper subtidal macroalgae: The effect of wave exposure

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-305

  Spatharis, Sofie ^a   Orfanidis, Sotiris ^b   Panayotidis, Panayotis ^c   Tsirtsis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coastal environment; Eastern Mediterranean; Spatial scale; Species diversity; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MACROALGA; NICHE PARTITIONING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTICITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; UNDERPINNING; WAVE ENERGY;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; GULF OF KAVALA; MALIAKOS GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650708488     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.032     Document Type: Article

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