β-diversity as a measure of species turnover along the salinity gradient in the baltic sea, and its consistency with the venice system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 436, Issue , 2011, Pages 101-118

  Bleich, S ^a   Powilleit, M ^a   Seifert, T ^b   Graf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

diversity; Baltic Sea; Macrofauna; Salinity gradient; Species turnover; Venice System

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION ZONE; TURNOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ITALY; NORTH SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052339921     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09219     Document Type: Article

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