Abstract
Landscape ecology is a discipline that uses many indices to describe environmental dynamics as a function of structural patch organization. Application of landscape ecology methods can be a way to evaluate heterogeneity and fragmentation of a habitat. Landscape indices were applied to evaluate if the algal heterogeneity of a vermetid reef can be related to the reef structure. Results show that heterogeneity is independent from reef width, but algal patches are wider and less abundant in a large cuvette and less wide but in higher number in small cuvette.
Lingua originale | Italian |
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pagine (da-a) | 168-169 |
Numero di pagine | 2 |
Rivista | BIOLOGIA MARINA MEDITERRANEA |
Volume | 19 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Published - 2012 |