Relationship of diversity and habitat area in North Pacific plastic-associated rafting communities

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1441-1453

  Goldstein, Miriam C ^a,b   Carson, Henry S ^c,d   Eriksen, Marcus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Sea Grant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e 5 Gyres Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PLASTIC; SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84901386556     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2432-8     Document Type: Article

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