Biodiversity and biogeography of benthic marine algae in the Southwest Pacific, with specific reference to Rotuma and Fiji

Pacific Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-28

  N'yeurt, A D R ^b   South, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FIJI; PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST); PACIFIC, ROTUMA ISLAND;

MERISTOTHECA PROCUMBENS;

EID: 0031003416     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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