Strong but opposing β-diversity-stability relationships in coral reef fish communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1777, 2014, Pages

  Mellin, C ^a,b   Bradshaw, C J A ^b,c   Fordham, D A ^b   Caley, M J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bray curtis; Disturbance; Long term monitoring; Mantel; Time series; diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE PARK; MONITORING; PERCIFORM; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES; TURNOVER;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84891879836     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1993     Document Type: Article

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