Spatial heterogeneity of phytoplankton assemblages in tidepools: Effects of abiotic and biotic factors

Agriculture & Biology

• biotic factors 95%
• phytoplankton 88%
• environmental factors 53%
• littoral zone 37%
• Cryptophyceae 31%
• mussels 21%
• Bacillariophyceae 20%
• dates (fruit) 16%
• Nova Scotia 13%
• species abundance 10%
• nutrient content 9%
• Canada 8%
• spatial distribution 8%
• temperature 8%
• salinity 8%
• sampling 7%
• nutrients 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biotic factor 100%
• abiotic factor 95%
• phytoplankton 66%
• intertidal environment 38%
• diatom 21%
• effect 19%
• nutrient 15%
• rocky shore 15%
• sampling 13%
• flushing 12%
• zonation 11%
• temperature 9%
• salinity 8%
• spatial distribution 8%
• rate 3%