Intraspecific Abundance–Occupancy–Patchiness Relations in the Intertidal Benthic Macrofauna of a Cool-Temperate North Sea Mudflat

• Published in: Estuaries and coasts Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 827 - 838
• Main Author: Barnes, R. S. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Barrier islands; Benthos; Coastal Sciences; Coasts; Dominant species; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Environment; Environmental Management; fauna; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Habitats; Interspecific; Intraspecific relationships; islands; Latitude; littoral zone; Macrobenthos; Macrofauna; Mud flats; North Sea; Occupancy; Patchiness; Sea grasses; seagrasses; Water and Health; Zoobenthos; North Sea; Abundance; Mudflat; Patchiness; Scolt head; Macrobenthos; Occupancy

The macroecological variable of patchiness (Lloyd’s I p index of patchiness, P ) has recently been shown to be related inter- and intraspecifically to those of abundance (numbers m −2 , A ), and occupancy (% occurrence in samples, O ) in lower latitude seagrass macrofaunas. For the first time in hig...