Relative importance of local biotic and environmental factors versus regional factors in driving macrobenthic species richness in intertidal areas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 117-129

  De Juan, S ^a   Hewitt, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diversity measures; Habitats; Macroinfauna; New Zealand; Soft bottoms

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 79951627448     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08935     Document Type: Article

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