Species richness, species turnover and functional diversity in nematodes of the deep Mediterranean Sea: Searching for drivers at different spatial scales

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-39

  Gambi, Cristina ^a   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^b   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Deep sea; Functional diversity; Mediterranean Sea; Spatial scales; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP SEA; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NEMATODE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 84897067948     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12094     Document Type: Article

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