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Latitudinal patterns in seagrass epifauna: Do patterns exist, and can they be explained?
| Title: | Latitudinal patterns in seagrass epifauna: Do patterns exist, and can they be explained?. |
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| Name(s): |
Virnstein, Robert W., creator Nelson, Walter G., creator Lewis, F. Graham, III, creator Howard, Robert K., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Publisher: | Springer | |
| Extent: | 22 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3174854 (digitool), FADT3174854 (IID), fau:5832 (fedora), 10.2307/1351616 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Seagrass-associated epifauna of several taxa constitute a major parallel element of seagrass communities over a range of latitudes. Hypotheses relating to latitudinal variation of several factors (e.g., predation, competition, primary production, habitat structure, stability and time) have been proposed to explain geographic variation in the structure of biological systems. We have summarized available information to firstly determine whether any latitudinal patterns exist for the seagrass-associated epifauna, and secondly to examine hypotheses which might explain observed patterns. This manuscript is an author version with the finalpublication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Virnstein, R. W., Nelson,W. G., Lewis, F. G., III, & Howard, R. K. (1984). Latitudinal patterns in seagrass epifauna: Do patterns exist, and can they be explained? Estuarine, 7(4), 310-330. doi:10.2307/1351616 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #387. |
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| Subject(s): |
Seagrasses--Habitat Benthic animals Seagrasses--Ecology Latitude variation |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174854 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1351616 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1984 Estuarine Research Federation | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
