Is spatial uniformity of soft-sediment biodiversity widespread and, if so, over what scales?

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Author: Barnes, R. S. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Macrobenthos; Patchiness; Sandflat; Seagrass; Spatial constancy; Spatial occurrence; Spatial uniformity; Species abundance distributions; Habitat structure; Seagrass meadows; Patterns; Diversity; Dynamics; Ecology; Communities; Assemblages; Richness; 1104 Aquatic Science; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 2303 Ecology; Head Island; Indian; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:332615

Spatial variation in the components of faunal assemblages, but spatial uni formity of their biodiversity metrics, as described in 2013 for a seagrass bed in an estuarine bay in the warmtemperate Indian Ocean, is probably widespread in marine environments, and not restricted to seagrass habitats. Her...