Variation in community structure across vertical intertidal stress gradients: How does it compare with horizontal variation at different scales?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Valdivia, Nelson ^a,b   Scrosati, Ricardo A ^c   Molis, Markus ^d   Knox, Amanda S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FUCUS; GERMANY; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; MASTOCARPUS STELLATUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASHORE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGAE; FUCUS; MASTOCARPUS STELLATUS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 80051960189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024062     Document Type: Article

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