Geographical partitioning of marine macrophyte assemblages in the tropical Pacific: A Result of local and regional diversity processes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1266-1277

  Schils, Tom ^a   Vroom, Peter S ^b   Tribollet, Aline D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Cyanobacteria; Ecological biogeography; Macroalgae; Marine ecoregions; Monitoring; Pacific Ocean Islands; Seagrasses; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOREGION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEAGRASS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84880047501     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12083     Document Type: Article

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