High species richness in the shallow marine waters of south-east Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 1997, Pages 17-26

  Coleman, Noel ^a   Gason, Anne S H ^a   Poore, Gary C B ^b  

^a Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; South east Australia; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; INFAUNA; SEDIMENT TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0030744720     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps154017     Document Type: Article

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