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Currie WJS, Claereboudt MR, and JC Roff. 1998. Gaps and patches in the ocean: a one-dimensional analysis of plankton distributions. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 171 p. 15-21.

Relevant Publications:

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  • Folt CL, Burns CW (1999) Biological drivers of zooplankton patchiness. TREE 14(8):300-305
  • Leising AW, Yen J (1997) Spacing mechanisms within light-induced copepod swarms. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 155:127-135
  • Selkirk KE, Neave HR (1984) Nearest-neighbour analysis of one-dimensional distributions of points. Tijdschrift voor Econ Geografie 75:356-362
  • Shiyomi M, Yamamura K (1993) Spatial pattern indices based on distances between individuals on a line-segment with finite length. Res Popul Ecol 34:321-330
  • Weingart M, Selvin S (1995) Nearest Neighbor Analysis in One Dimension. Report LBL-36888, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley