Difference between revisions of "Species diversity"
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| − | <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. | + | |
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| + | |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.}} | ||
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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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