Multiple spatial scale analyses provide new clues on patterns and drivers of deep-sea nematode diversity

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-106

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Carugati, Laura ^a   Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^a   Gambi, Cristina ^a   Guilini, Katja ^b   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bathymetric patterns; Deep sea biodiversity; Deep sea nematodes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AND BETA DIVERSITIES; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; BATHYMETRIC PATTERNS; DEEP-SEA NEMATODES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE-SCALE ANALYSIS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

BATHYMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; BIOSPHERE; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEMATODE; PATCHINESS; PREDATION; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT;

NEMATODA;

EID: 84878955464     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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