Species diversity

This defintion is one of four of the components that are described as making up marine biodiversity.

Definition of Species diversity: Species diversity is a measure of the number and frequency of species in a community. Biodiversity is most commonly described in terms of species diversity, and particularly in terms of species richness (the number of species in a given habitat). In the ocean, there is a plenty of information on marine mammals (seals, whales, dolphins, porpoises) and fish, while only recently are scientists beginning to understand the extreme diversity present in micro-organisms such as bacteria and phytoplankton. This is the common definition for Species diversity, other definitions can be discussed in the article

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The main author of this article is Sohier, Charlotte Please note that others may also have edited the contents of this article. Citation: Sohier, Charlotte (2008): Species diversity. Available from http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Species_diversity [accessed on 10-11-2024] For other articles by this author see Category:Articles by Sohier, Charlotte For an overview of contributions by this author see Special:Contributions/Charlotte