Sampling the limits of species richness in marine phytoplankton communities

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1135-1139

  Cermeño, Pedro ^a   Teixeira, Isabel G ^b,c   Branco, Miguel ^c   Figueiras, Francisco G ^b   Marañón, Emilio ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Phytoplankton; Sample size; Species accumulation curve

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; CURVATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84904311163     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu033     Document Type: Article

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