EcologybioRxiv
Beyond a single patch: local and regional processes explain diversity patterns in a seagrass epifaunal metacommunity
Keila A Stark, Patrick L Thompson, Jennifer Yakimishyn…·Mary I O'Connor
The paper examines how local and regional ecological processes shape diversity in seagrass epifaunal communities, finding that dispersal and environmental factors have limited influence compared to biotic interactions.
DOI 10.3354/meps13527