TY - JOUR
T1 - Variation in copepod species assemblage distributions. The utility of the log-normal approach
AU - Ortner, Peter B.
AU - Hill, Leonard C.
AU - Cummings, Shailer R.
PY - 1982/6
Y1 - 1982/6
N2 - Pelagic copepod species distributions were found to vary in relation to an environmental gradient. As suggested by Gray, systematic changes were noted in the skewness of the log-normal. However, no systematic changes in the standard of deviation of the log-normal were noted. The data indicate that such assemblages ill-fit Preston's 'canonical' expectation. Further, analysis of changes in the evenness function yielded similar conclusions.
AB - Pelagic copepod species distributions were found to vary in relation to an environmental gradient. As suggested by Gray, systematic changes were noted in the skewness of the log-normal. However, no systematic changes in the standard of deviation of the log-normal were noted. The data indicate that such assemblages ill-fit Preston's 'canonical' expectation. Further, analysis of changes in the evenness function yielded similar conclusions.
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U2 - 10.1016/0025-326X(82)90169-2
DO - 10.1016/0025-326X(82)90169-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020000087
VL - 13
SP - 195
EP - 197
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
SN - 0025-326X
IS - 6
ER -