Functional diversity of habitat formers declines scale-dependently across an environmental stress gradient.

Abstract excerpt

Marine habitat formers such as seaweeds and corals are lynchpins of coastal ecosystems, but their functional diversity and how it varies with scale and context remains poorly studied. Here, we investigate the functional diversity of seaweed assemblages across the rocky intertidal stress gradient at large (zones) and small (quadrat) scales. We quantified complementary metrics of emergent group richness, functional...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Anthozoa
• Share to Biodiversity
• Share to Ecosystem