Patterns of spatial variation of assemblages associated with intertidal rocky shores: A global perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Cruz Motta, Juan José ^a   Miloslavich, Patricia ^a   Palomo, Gabriela ^b   Iken, Katrin ^c   Konar, Brenda ^c   Pohle, Gerhard ^d   Trott, Tom ^e   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^f   Herrera, César ^a   Hernández, Alejandra ^a   Sardi, Adriana ^a   Bueno, Andrea ^a   Castillo, Julio ^a   Klein, Eduardo ^a   Guerra Castro, Edlin ^g   Gobin, Judith ^h   Gómez, Diana Isabel ⁱ   Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael ^j   Mead, Angela ^k   Bigatti, Gregorio ^l   Knowlton, Ann ^c   Shirayama, Yoshihisa ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Huntsman Marine Science Centre   (Canada)

^e SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^j UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^l Centro de Estudios Nacionales Patagó nicos   (Argentina)

^m KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; ROCK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; SEA; TEMPERATURE; THORACICA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RHODOPHYTA; TEMPERATURE; THORACICA;

EID: 78650731418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014354     Document Type: Article

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