MEPS 128:43-50(1995) - doi: 10.3354/meps128043
Spatial structure and ecological variation of meroplankton on the French-Belgian coast of the North Sea
Belgrano A, Legendre P, Dewarumez JM, Frontier S
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 4 independent components: spatial, environmental, spatial + environmental, undetermined. Mantel and partial Mantel test results were in accordance with CCA results.
: North · Sea · Meroplankton · Community · structure · Canonical · correspondence · analysis · (CCA) · Constrained · ordination. · Monte · Carlo · permutation · test · Mantel · statistics
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