Difference between revisions of "Species diversity"

From Coastal Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
m
Line 3: Line 3:
 
[[Image:species.jpg|right|<ref>http://www.gulfislandsguide.com/wildlife/images/sea-stars</ref>|frame]]  
 
[[Image:species.jpg|right|<ref>http://www.gulfislandsguide.com/wildlife/images/sea-stars</ref>|frame]]  
  
<ref name="Marbef">http://www.marbef.org</ref>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).
+
<ref name="Marbef">http://www.marbef.org</ref>
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.
+
 
 +
{{
 +
Definition|title=Species diversity
 +
|definition= 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.}}
  
  
Line 17: Line 21:
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
 
[[Category:definitions]]
 
  
 
{{author
 
{{author

Revision as of 13:28, 13 December 2008

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

[2]

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






References

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 31-10-2024]