Does stability in local community composition depend on temporal variation in rates of dispersal and connectivity?

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-32

  Valanko, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Norkko, Joanna ^a   Norkko, Alf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Benthic; Coexistence; Diversity; Invertebrates; Metacommunity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STABILIZATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84923040434     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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