Nematode beta diversity on the continental slope of New Zealand: Spatial patterns and environmental drivers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 454, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-52

  Leduc, Daniel ^a,b   Rowden, Ashley A ^b   Bowden, David A ^b   Nodder, Scott D ^b   Probert, P Keith ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^c   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^d   Witbaard, Rob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Challenger Plateau; Chatham Rise; Community structure; Habitat heterogeneity; Organic matter input; Sediment characteristics; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; MICROHABITAT; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

CHALLENGER PLATEAU; CHATHAM RISE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 84861404338     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09690     Document Type: Article

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