Evaluation of the taxonomic sufficiency approach for ichthyoplankton community analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 491, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-90

  Hernandez Jr , Frank J ^a,b   Carassou, Laure ^a,d   Graham, William M ^b   Powers, Sean P ^a,c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gulf of mexico; Larval fish; Multivariate community analyses; Seasonality; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DATA SET; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SIMILARITY INDEX; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84885045724     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10475     Document Type: Article

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