New metric of microhabitat complexity predicts species richness on a rocky shore

Marine Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-491

  Meager, Justin J ^a   Schlacher, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Invertebrates; Microhabitat; Rocky intertidal; Spatial scale; Subtropical Australia; Surface architecture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84888061696     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12049     Document Type: Article

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