Spatial structure and ecological variation of meroplankton on the French-Belgian coast of the North Sea
Belgrano, A.; Legendre, P.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Frontier, S. (1995). Spatial structure and ecological variation of meroplankton on the French-Belgian coast of the North Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 128(1-3): 43-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps128043 In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. Inter-Research: Oldendorf/Luhe. ISSN 0171-8630; e-ISSN 1616-1599, more | |
Keywords | Aquatic communities > Plankton > Zooplankton > Meroplankton Distribution > Geographical distribution Ecology ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]; ANE, France, Nord, Wimereux [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Authors | | Top | - Belgrano, A.
- Legendre, P.
- Dewarumez, J.-M., more
- Frontier, S., more
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Abstract | The spatial pattern of specific populations or communities plays an important role in ecological theories such as species, diversity, community succession and stability. A method based on canonical correspondence ordination (CCA) and constrained ordination was used to partition the variation observed in the species abundance data matrix into four independent components: spatial, environmental, spatial+environmental, undermined. Mantel and partial Mantel test results were in accordance with CCA result. |
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