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| Carpenter, P; Dewarumez, Jm; Lepretre, A. |
| The Abra alba community from the Gravelines area has been studied since 1976. During this period, sudden and unpredictable variations of the species composition have been observed. These important changes affect a limited number of species without changing the bionomical structure of the community. The species in question are found to be characteristic of this community, and are the more abundant ones. Multivariate statistical methods were used to study quantitative data on the benthic population collected from 1978 to 1992. This analysis was performed in association with air temperature data. Results showed the existence of a six- or seven-year cycle, and this is confirmed by the observation of two complete periods. This cycle, which is found to be... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Long-term trends; Time series; Multivariate; Methods; Benthos. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20398/18065.pdf |
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