Why is the stream fauna of south-western Australia so impoverished?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 169-176

  Bunn, Stuart E ^a   Davies, Peter M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; climatic predictability; diversity; productivity; stream fauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001381793     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00028418     Document Type: Article

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