Ecosystem equivalence and the ability to generalise: Insights from global consistencies in mangrove fish assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 461, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-149

  Sheaves, Marcus ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community composition; Ecosystem; Ecosystem equivalence; Fish; Global distribution; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; MANGROVE;

EID: 84864877986     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09774     Document Type: Article

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