SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGICAL VARIATION OF MEROPLANKTON ON THE FRENCH-BELGIAN COAST OF THE NORTH-SEA

Authors
BELGRANO A LEGENDRE P DEWARUMEZ JM FRONTIER S
Citation
A. Belgrano et al., SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGICAL VARIATION OF MEROPLANKTON ON THE FRENCH-BELGIAN COAST OF THE NORTH-SEA, Marine ecology. Progress series, 128(1-3), 1995, pp. 43-50
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Ecology
Journal title
Marine ecology. Progress series → ACNP
ISSN journal
01718630
Volume
128
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
43 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-8630(1995)128:1-3<43:SSAEVO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The spatial pattern of specific populations or communities plays an im portant role in ecological theories such as species diversity, communi ty succession and stability. A method based on canonical correspondenc e ordination (CCA) and constrained ordination was used to partition th e variation observed in the species abundance data matrix into 4 indep endent components: spatial, environmental, spatial + environmental, un determined. Mantel and partial Mantel test results were in accordance with CCA results.