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Rocky intertidal species richness in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Helgoland (Germany)

Posted by scrosati on 23 Dec 2010 at 14:41 GMT

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We have recently documented the species richness of rocky intertidal communities in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Helgoland (Germany). Surveys were done across full vertical gradients of intertidal elevation and horizontal gradients of wave exposure and/or ice scour intensity. The studies appear as:
(1) Scrosati, R. & C. Heaven 2007. Spatial trends in community richness, diversity, and evenness across rocky intertidal environmental stress gradients in eastern Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342: 1-14.
(2) Heaven, C.S. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Benthic community composition across gradients of intertidal elevation, wave exposure, and ice scour in Atlantic Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 369: 13-23.
(3) Scrosati, R.A., A.S. Knox, N. Valdivia & M. Molis 2011. Species richness and diversity across rocky intertidal elevation gradients in Helgoland: testing predictions from an environmental stress model. Helgoland Marine Research, in press (doi: 10.1007/s10152-010-0205-4).

No competing interests declared.