Real world biodiversity-ecosystem functioning: A seafloor perspective

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 398-405

  Snelgrove, Paul V R ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^b,c   Wall, Diana H ^d   Norkko, Alf ^e,f  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Gradients; Invertebrates; Marine; Multifunctionality; Scaling; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MAPPING; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INVERTEBRATA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84903596855     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.05.002     Document Type: Review

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